My example: rinsing spicy sauces and peppers off in my sink so the spiciness aerosolizes and I realize when it makes me cough. Every. Damn. Time.
going on lemmy when I got stuff to do
Being sober damnit
the balance between authenticity and following social expectations. you’re supposed to learn through osmosis, the values fluctuate based on a wide variety of circumstances, and nobody can have a conversation about it without pretending like there are no rules.
so I keep erring on the side of authenticity. mostly.
I just wish I had the self-awareness and self-control in these moments to choose being authentic. But, alas, I am not in charge. I’m Maggie Simpson pretending she’s steering the car while Marge is actually in control. Honk honk
it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. I wish I had the self control to stop trusting random strangers with my true inner self. But I know either way it sucks to screw it up.
Leaving my wet towel somewhere it doesnt belong after a shower. I am a lot better than I used to be but I still forget it regularly.
Read the instructions all the way through before making attempts to follow them. I was working on a soldering project with a vacuum tube-mount and the instructions said “Solder the coil and vacuum tube-mount… …the vacuum tube-mount can only go in one way so be sure to install it on the reverse side of the pcb”
I tore off 5 out of the 14 traces trying to desolder that one component.
haha this gets me a lot
By fidelity for an hour to try and get it right you can save 5min of reading the instructions
When I open the oven door, I know there will be hot air hitting my face so I’ll wait for like 2 seconds…
After 3 seconds I think, Okay, no hot air, anymore so I move in to get the dish and than the hot air hits my face… Everytime!
I’m like this when I microwave fresh veg. I cover the bowl in plastic wrap, and when the veg are cooked I KNOW the big balloon effect is steam hotter than boiling water, and I KNOW it will burn me if I try to take the plastic off without a utensil, but I don’t want that steam bubble to collapse on the veg, so I try to get just a corner off, and maybe if I … SSSSSSSTEAM BURN! Why oh why didn’t I use a fork or something? Next time, I swear, I will be ready (not).
How to spell rhythm.
Never had an issue with that word, but God damnit if “occasion” doesn’t get me just about every time. “Is it 1 C and 2 S’s, or 2 C’s and 2 S’s…?” I remember after writing it down wrong, of course. Stupid English.
Not occasion, but for “necessary” I like “Never Eat Cake, Eat Sweet Salad And Remain Young”
Rhythm helps your two hips move. I have to say it to myself every time.
Hey, that’s great. Thanks.
Without fail, I try to use the wrong charger for my razor and every time I remind myself to label it. It’s been about 6 years.
Label it, mark it, out some tape on it
I am always letting dishes pile up. I tell myself I’ll wash the dishes I made today that evening or I’ll just load the dishwasher instead. Long story short, I am always spending hours washes dishes for no reason.
Do them EVERY time. Just. Do. It.
That one little thing will spill into the rest of your life, and your life will change, guaranteed.
Having a normal conversation.
Checking my trousers for handkerchiefs. So. Much. Chaos.
Turning on the power supply after building a computer. Gets me every time and i spend a few moments panicking before i figure it out.
BTW, the spiciness is only really a problem if you rinse with hot water. Use cold and you’ll be fine
Edit: also, dont use the sprayer, and lower pressure.
Source: gassed out my parents kitchen after making salsa with scorpion peppers and filled the whole damn pot with damn near boiling water. It lingered in the air for fucking DAYS. Sinuses were really damn clear though so that was nice
I’ll never learn to spell the word “medieval” without spell check.
just think “medi(cal) eval(uation)”.
I always struggled with that word too, but remembering it like that will probably fix that issue for me. I don’t really have many opportunities to use the word “medieval” though.
Hah, for me it’s “bureaucracy” and “bourgeoisie”. Too many vowels.
I could spell “bureaucracy” if I could spell “bureau”, but I can’t.
“mid evil” is just a minor villain in a movie.
Letting batteries drain too far:
- In phones where it’s hard to replace and old laptops where it’s hard to source a replacement
- In AA/AAA-powered devices where a dead battery will evolve hydrogen gas and eventually break its seal, causing a leak
Also, I really should be buying Lithium AA/AAA cells now that I have so few devices that need them, but I keep buying a pack of alkalines each year. Ni-MH voltage falls just a tad short.
Misplacing my house keys. I always swear I will start putting them “always in the same place”, but i never do, and it’s been now some decades I have my own house keys, that I scramble to find them every time I get out the door.
Same, until I got a pouch to store the keys, multi-tool, pen, and mini notepad in a single package. Now it’s kinda like a wallet for all of the non-wallet things.
Tiles are a lifesaver i wish there was a more privacy respecting possibly open source solution
My keys, like my wallet, always stay in my pants pocket. This only fails on rare occasions that I forget to transfer my pocket contents when changing pants.
BTW, I’m someone who has a serious problem losing things because i set them down without thinking about it. Any task requiring numerous tools takes me twice as long as a normal person because I spend half my time hunting for the tool I just used a minute ago.
I think the only reason I rarely lose my wallet or keys is because I have internalized that I DON’T ever set them down.
Same. I have had to buy a Tile device so I can buzz my keys from my phone. Game changer.
You could install a little hook by the door and use that. The effort to put the hook up might encourage you to use it.
Once I build a cardboard key holder with the same thought in mind, I spend a couple of hours on it. Still remember its existence only once a week.
