Here’s the rules:
1: Post something you have never done that you think many people do. 2: Read the other posts, if you have done that thing, upvote it. If you have not done that thing, downvote it. 3: If you believe the person is lying, call them out on it in a reply. 4: If you are called out, give the full story. 4a: If you see a thread containing the full story, boost the person you think is right and truthful.
Person who has the most upvotes when the thread dies wins.
Never have i ever learned the alphabet(i am referring to the order, not the letters)
How did you manage this one?
In the first grades when teachers asked my class to order words based on the first letter, i either managed to figure out which letters came sooner in the order based on previous answers, guessed randomly or got lucky and didnt get chosen(its also been a while since then and i dont remember, i only remember that once that i was hoping i wouldnt be picked while looking at the previous exercises and planning out what random guesses i would say for the order i wasnt sure about)
After that, the only other time i needed to know the order of the alphabet was for an IQ test which was required to be diagnosed with Aspenger Syndrome, where i just randomly guessed
I also managed to not learn left/right for years, which caused more problems, but i managed to learn it thanks to the english political compass(every time i need to know which direction is left/right, i have to think of an image of the political compass to figure out which direction is right, translate that in my native language, check if the direction i needed was right and if not, i know its the opposite direction. I also dont know how to directly translate between left in both languages, but knowing that its the opposite right. I know right because of its second meaning that is present in both languages
Left and right I have to think about, but North, South, East and West I can always find. I learned to read before learning the alphabet, but learned it with the song.
You managed to get through childhood without learning the alphabet song?
I have never heard of the alphabet song until i found a parody of it years after i was supposed to learn the alphabet and never listened to the entirety any version
That’s fascinating how you learned all the letters but never put them into an ordinal system. Definitely presents an alternate thinking mechanism than I think most people use. Must have been very tough on you in school as most schools don’t handle people who think differently very well.
The left/right thing is probably much more common. I think it’s interesting how you use the political compass as your visual reference. I for a long time couldn’t remember which political party was left or right, but found I was very good at just ‘knowing’ left and right, as well as the cardinal directions n/s/e/w. My friend who was horrible at telling left from right would hold up both hands and extend his index and thumb. Whichever hand formed an “L” was his left hand and he used that all the time.
I always hated the advice to make an L with your hands to see which one was Left. No one ever specified whether you’re supposed to have your palms facing you or facing away, so it’s ambiguous.
When I was a kid, I would picture a dining place setting because I knew the fork was on the left.
People normally learn the order of the alphabet and the alphabet together, not separately?
I’d say most people would learn the alphabet and the order together. The order (and song) is a helpful mnemonic to learn the letters faster.
Never have I ever seen Rocky Horror Picture Show, and multiple people have told me that I should in the past few weeks.
Never have I ever clogged a toilet. Second flush has always been enough for me
So I guess the poop knife hardly ever gets used in your house then.
WHAT IS THE POOP KNIFE
It’s a knife you use for poop
Never have i ever been between jobs since starting work after leaving school
Hah! This chump left school.
Yeah haha, and have been back since to get a degree and hated it just as much. Really affirmed the choices i made as a young man.
Never have I ever been stung by a bee, wasp or hornet. I’m not scared of bees either, ill walk right up to them and check em out. I’ve grabbed bees and pulled them out of water, I’ve let them trot all over me and I don’t mind, neither do they.
Never have I ever broken a bone.
Matter of definition for me. Had some sort of fracture in my jaw but it wasn’t broken through. Also “fun” anecdote, they told me it wasn’t cracked at the hospital and a week later my dad (who i hadn’t put down as a contact, they just used an old address instead of the one i provided) tells me i got a letter from the hospital.
Turns out i shouldn’t have eaten solid food and gone to a surgeon ASAP. Now my jaw is permanently slightly uncomfortable and pops sometimes.
Me neither. Not for lack of trying, just luck.
Never have I ever drank alcohol illegally or underage.
Unless you’re a Mormon, then this is lies
Nope. The first time I drank any alcohol ever was on my 21st birthday. My Dad made me a gin and tonic with Bombay Sapphire, and that set the standard for the kind of alcohol I will drink. It’s a good thing I’m a lightweight because I only drink the expensive stuff. (The cheap crap burns too much.)
Bollocks, well played.
Does a sip count? My dad gave me a little for toothache or something
Not even a sip for me. I was offered small amounts of champagne or wine at special occasions, but I never drank any because I could smell the alcohol on it and didn’t want to.
Same. I was just kind of a boring kid. Went to parties, but was just never interested in getting wasted. Saw all of my friends getting blackout and puking their guts out 15 minutes later, and wanted no part of it. My first drink was actually on my 21st. And it was just enough to get buzzed, not even wasted. It turns out “just say no” is really fucking easy when you’re autistic; Peer pressure just doesn’t work on you.
Once I started drinking, I quickly realized how many young people have binge drinking tendencies as a result of their younger drinking habits. Kids drink to get wasted before they get busted. There’s a time limit on how long they can drink, so they binge to get drunk as quickly as possible when it’s available.
Ironically, now I homebrew mead and apfelwein.
Quick note, saying that “because you’re autistic peer pressure doesn’t work on you” is largely true, but there is a flip side to that, in that once an autistic person give in to something they can become monomaniacal about the thing they got into.
Most of the time, this just means that they develop a very deep understanding and fondness for things like vacuum cleaners or B grade horror movies or whatever happens to be the thing that latches on for them. But on the other hand if the thing they pick is unhealthy, this monomania is a recipe for going off the deep end.
I have a couple friends who are on the spectrum and one of them went really off the deep end with drugs and ended up getting into heroin.
We all tried to put a stop to it but they would not listen to our “healthy” peer pressure. It took another one of our friends who had also gotten into heroin ODing and dying in his bathtub to snap him out of it.
I said all of that to say that if your friends begin to caution you that they think a behavior of yours is unhealthy, step back and give them the benefit of the doubt and really evaluate what you’re doing and what they’re saying.
It could save your life or prevent it from becoming dramatically worse in some way.
is apfelwein some kind of cider ?
Yeah, something like that. Dump five gallons of apple juice and two pounds of glucose into a carboy. Add champagne yeast, cap with an airlock full of vodka, and let sit for a few months.
The result is an extremely dry apple wine that’ll kick your ass. If you’re not a fan of dry wines, just add a splash of sprite or 7-up to the glass to back sweeten it.
I’ve just always been some variant of the “mom friend” and after I turned 21, I was still the DD most of the time.
Never have I ever been as boring as y’all
I’m upvoting because I have in fact acted boring in an attempt to get someone to leave my house. Actually I’ve done that several times.
I call bullshit. Justify yourself
At the time I commented, I had done all the things mentioned. Except for the one long meta-comment with the dogfuckers.
Edit: just checked, still true
OBJECTION!
The rules state you say things that you haven’t done that you think most people have done.
If people haven’t done these things it might be because they are living a much more interesting life, like if someone grew up on a boat and hadn’t been on land for most of their life, that’s pretty interesting and they might not have had the average experiences most people do.
You said you have done all of these average person things.
This means your life experiences are, in fact, average.
Therefore, ya basic.
Yeah, lots of people riding horses these days.
Friendly reminder that lemmy votes are public
Nice try, feds!
spoiler
Pun not intended, but welcome.
😬
Never have I checked the updoots of peoples
I feel so bad downvoting you but I haven’t either, I don’t know how. I thought it was just something the instance owner could do.
a karma count doesn’t exist on Kenny the same way it does on reddit right? whats there to be sad about?
If you check the same thread through kbin or mbin the interface shows votes. There is probably other software that does it too.
Thanks for the tip
It’s not top level, you don’t have to
I’ll start:
I have never been inside of a treehouse
I have been inside lots of trees, but I can’t think of anyone I know who has actually bothered to build or buy a treehouse
Inside??
Being in a treehouse is common?
Looks like 101 people have been in one so far.
Sad but not unlikely. Lots of people never lived near nature or had a garden. Let alone a large tree.
Never have I ever attended a middle or high school
Same here, it would be impossible since middle schools don’t exist where I’m from
Yeah I wasn’t sure how to word it because I know that different places have different naming mechanisms. But from 6-18 years old I was homeschooled. There was a co-op or two where I technically did classes with others, and I did a year of Cyber school before it was cool but most of my education came from me self-teaching from textbooks and “curriculum”.
I’ll be flabbergasted if thats true. Need story plz
Homeschooled 1st-12th grade with the exception of 4 months of public school in first grade.
I was homeschooled from first grade with the exception of 4 months in public school for first grade
Story time? Seems so crazy
Homeschooled 1st-12th grade with the exception of 4 months of public school in first grade.
Hey same! Nothing lower than that either 🙃
Homeschooled or just not educated?
Homeschooled 1st-12th grade except for 4 months of first grade.
Funnily enough I have a masters degree and work in a public school
Maybe that’s bc you’re just not as traumatized by them as the rest of us.
Actually just a primary schooler /j
Never have I ever stroked a shark
Does it have to be alive? We dissected dogfish in college.
Nope, you got hands on the beast, so it counts to me!
Wish I could upvote this one but sadly I am free if shark cuddles
Visit your nearest aquarium! They often have a petting tank where you can touch rays and small sharks. And if not, hey, at least the aquarium is still great!
The touch tank at our zoo has rays in it but no sharks sadly.
Never have I ever eaten a hamburger/cheeseburger/steak
I purposely don’t because it’s an interesting talking point for breaking ice.
what matters is you know what potatoes are
You’re honestly not missing out
You’ve clearly not had one of my steaks.
Many have said that. No other remains.
Wait, even as a child? Where are you from if I may ask?
yeah I’ve never had one at any age. Started as a fear of some food and now it’s just because I ALWAYS win never have I ever. And I’m from FL, USA.
Haha, I see. Good on you!
Whoah, managing that in Florida is no joke! At least you have access to seafood.
I’m allergic to shellfish 😭
Never have I done anal.
bro 😭
Giving or receiving?
both
Do strap-on’s count?
Do fists count?
never have i ever broken a bone
I mean I didn’t break it.
