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moonlit muffins
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i am a person who probably ( not joking ) has depression, is obsessed with minecraft, hamilton and the Dream SMP
moonlit muffins • upvoted 35 items 11 months ago
Dumb-Things-People-Said
When I worked at Disney world one summer I was asked this question at least 10 times every day:"when is the 6 pm parade" I learned to smile and politely say,"6pm"
Dumb-Things-People-Said
A true story from a forgotten backwater of Donegal: "Hey, Graeme, are you coming to church on Sunday?" "No, I'm an atheist." "It's ok. Being a Protestant doesn't matter. We're very welcoming." "I'm not a Protestant, I'm an atheist." "Are you Jewish?" "No, I'm not Jewish, I'm an atheist." "What do you mean?" "An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in gods." "No it isn't." "It kinda is." "No you're wrong there, you can be an atheist and believe in God." Me: stunned silence.
Dumb-Things-People-Said
I can remember being asked by a close friend at the time, "How can you be so nice when you don't believe in God?"
Dumb-Things-People-Said
My friend, upon seeing a Jaguar car: 'So now PUMA has started manufacturing cars, too?'
Dumb-Things-People-Said
As an Australian traveling overseas, I've been asked: 'Do you carry a stick everywhere you go to fight off the snakes?' 'Oh, you're from Australia? Do you know my niece in New Zealand?' and 'How many miles is it from where you live to Sydney? No, not miles, liters. How many liters is it?' And when someone I met in a foreign country found out I was Australian, she said, 'Why don't you sound like Hulk Hogan?' I didn't know how to react to this because I had no idea why she would think I would sound like The Hulkster. I was wracking my brain trying to work out what had connected me to the former World Heavyweight champion. Finally, I said, 'Why do you think I should sound like Hulk Hogan?' She said, 'Because he's such a famous Aussie.' We then had a brief argument about the nationality of Hulk Hogan. You may have already made the connection, but it took me ages to realize she was talking about Paul Hogan, aka Crocodile Dundee
Dumb-Things-People-Said
My sister was adopted from Korea. She was only about 10 weeks old — an almost newborn infant — when she came home to us. Several people asked me at the time, 'So does she speak Korean?' or 'Does she have an accent?'
Dumb-Things-People-Said
I got onto an elevator on the fifth floor, which already had people who had boarded on the sixth floor. I pressed the button for the third floor and observed that the button for the second floor was also pressed. As soon as the third floor came and I started to get out, a girl piped up, 'Why, that's so unfair. I got into the elevator before her! Shouldn't I be dropped off first?'
Dumb-Things-People-Said
I was working in the emergency department when I received this call from a frantic mother: 'My toddler just drank out of the dog's water bowl! What should I do?' I told her: 'Give the dog some more water.'
Dumb-Things-People-Said
A teacher, soon after I arrived in the US: 'How long have you been here?' Me: 'A week.' Teacher: 'How did you learn English so fast?!'
Dumb-Things-People-Said
One of my aunts asked about what I do, so I told her that after completing my electronics engineering degree, I started working in a chip-designing company. After a pause, she asked: 'What are your most popular flavors? Are the chips as good as Lay's?'
WombatBum85 reply
Mum giving us a flannelette pillowcase each when we had colds to wipe our noses with - saved on tissues and was much softer. Husband thought it was the most disgusting thing he ever saw the first time I did it 🤣.
RecommendationIll255 reply
Everyone walks around naked. Literally rips clothes off at the door. It was never sexual. I was never abused.dukelief reply
Both of my parents grew up in Asia, and they store cooked meat in the oven/microwave or a cooked pot of food on the stove, not in the fridge. And I’m talking for a few days. It honestly wasn’t until I was an adult and started house sharing that I learned about the fear of meat being left out or stored properly. I was never sick as a child from this practice and I’ve learned the only other people who think this isn’t insane behaviour are people who also have parents from similar regions. .eduardf reply
Taking your shoes off, and changing into home clothes. Knowing your parents income, household costs and budgeting. Actually maybe it is normal, I don't know. Do kids these days know costs of rent etc...?
Helen_Magnus_ reply
I didn't realise that not everyone automatically turns off lights when they leave a room/area. My dad drilled it into us when we were kids. When I went to other kid's houses, I was astonished that they had all the lights on all the time. I thought it was NUTS and that their parents must be really rich to afford the power bill.
bl00ph00h00: My Mum was really electricity conscious but we had some energy saving bulbs that apparently took the same amount of energy to turn off and on as to run for four hours continuously? So the rules in our house were like: Always turn the lights off, unless you think someone else will enter the room in the next four hours, in which case leave them on.
BRKenn77 reply
Farting out loud and everyone finding it funny I fart a lot, when I was young I’d just rip my farts out loud and no one said anything, then I did it at other people’s and they called me out on it.Lotsacarbs reply
That counting wads of cash (d**g money), for my illiterate dad, at the age of 12 because I was the smart one is not normal. Going to d**g deals was not a normal Saturday morning thing for most kids. Just d***s in general, I got so accustomed to it that I thought all the kids parents were in on it.lookslikeamanderin reply
My family poops big. Maybe it's genetic, maybe it's our diet, but everyone births giant logs of c**p. If anyone has laid a mega-poop, you know that sometimes it won't flush. It lays across the hole in the bottom of the bowl and the vortex of draining water merely gives it a spin as it mocks you. Growing up, this was a common enough occurrence that our family had a poop knife. It was an old rusty kitchen knife that hung on a nail in the laundry room, only to be used for that purpose. It was normal to walk through the hallway and have someone call out "hey, can you get me the poop knife"? I thought it was standard kit. You have your plunger, your toilet brush, and your poop knife. So said LearnedButt.
_EnFlaMEd reply
My family has this really long ritual that involves singing multiple songs, clapping and chants when celebrating someones birthday. Most other people just sing Happy Birthday and leave it at that.
Examples include hip hip hooray, for he/she is a jolly good fellow, why was he/she born so beautiful...and clapping while counting out the age. Most other people just sing Happy Birthday and leave it at that.
bottleofgoop reply
Had 2 mums in the 80s. Didn't figure out that wasn't a normal thing till I got to highschool.
restlessoverthinking reply
Being told 'no' so often. When I was at friend's houses, I would see how easy going their parents were.
Ok-Computer-1033 reply
Raspberry cordial and milk. Crushed disprin with jam. Pillowcases at the end of the bed to put Christmas or birthday presents in.
AnnaSoprano: My mum did crushed Panadol in honey for me.
Ok_Metal6112 reply
In kindy I would use Swedish words that I picked up from my grandparents, I couldn’t grasp why the other kids didn’t understand when I would use these words. I had no idea it was another language.
denkapuma: I got into a whole argument with another kid in kindergarten about the pomegranate I brought in as a snack one day. I'd only ever heard the Arabic word for it up until that point. [I had] no clue I wasn't saying the English name
not_the_chosen_onee: I grew up with first generation parents so that meant to little me that everyone else’s parents were also first generation. The idea that some of my friends could only speak English used to shock me, like what do you mean you don’t have native language? Or like your own culture/ food at home. No one's just Australian, right?
Ok_Anteater7360 reply
Its not necessarily "not normal" as a lot of people have it. But i didnt realise for awhile that not *everyone* has 2 loving parents who still love each other. i was blessed in this way.
ScaryMouchy reply
How controlled our food was.
Partly a whole heap of family allergies followed by I think fear that if we weren’t eating super healthy then something bad would happen, I’m not really sure to be honest. I do remember being amazed that friends were allowed juice and other sugary stuff.
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Dumb-Things-People-Said
A teacher, soon after I arrived in the US: 'How long have you been here?' Me: 'A week.' Teacher: 'How did you learn English so fast?!'Dumb-Things-People-Said
My friend, upon seeing a Jaguar car: 'So now PUMA has started manufacturing cars, too?'Dumb-Things-People-Said
I can remember being asked by a close friend at the time, "How can you be so nice when you don't believe in God?"Dumb-Things-People-Said
As an Australian traveling overseas, I've been asked: 'Do you carry a stick everywhere you go to fight off the snakes?' 'Oh, you're from Australia? Do you know my niece in New Zealand?' and 'How many miles is it from where you live to Sydney? No, not miles, liters. How many liters is it?' And when someone I met in a foreign country found out I was Australian, she said, 'Why don't you sound like Hulk Hogan?' I didn't know how to react to this because I had no idea why she would think I would sound like The Hulkster. I was wracking my brain trying to work out what had connected me to the former World Heavyweight champion. Finally, I said, 'Why do you think I should sound like Hulk Hogan?' She said, 'Because he's such a famous Aussie.' We then had a brief argument about the nationality of Hulk Hogan. You may have already made the connection, but it took me ages to realize she was talking about Paul Hogan, aka Crocodile DundeeDumb-Things-People-Said
When I worked at Disney world one summer I was asked this question at least 10 times every day:"when is the 6 pm parade" I learned to smile and politely say,"6pm"Dumb-Things-People-Said
I got onto an elevator on the fifth floor, which already had people who had boarded on the sixth floor. I pressed the button for the third floor and observed that the button for the second floor was also pressed. As soon as the third floor came and I started to get out, a girl piped up, 'Why, that's so unfair. I got into the elevator before her! Shouldn't I be dropped off first?'Dumb-Things-People-Said
My sister was adopted from Korea. She was only about 10 weeks old — an almost newborn infant — when she came home to us. Several people asked me at the time, 'So does she speak Korean?' or 'Does she have an accent?'Dumb-Things-People-Said
A true story from a forgotten backwater of Donegal: "Hey, Graeme, are you coming to church on Sunday?" "No, I'm an atheist." "It's ok. Being a Protestant doesn't matter. We're very welcoming." "I'm not a Protestant, I'm an atheist." "Are you Jewish?" "No, I'm not Jewish, I'm an atheist." "What do you mean?" "An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in gods." "No it isn't." "It kinda is." "No you're wrong there, you can be an atheist and believe in God." Me: stunned silence.Dumb-Things-People-Said
One of my aunts asked about what I do, so I told her that after completing my electronics engineering degree, I started working in a chip-designing company. After a pause, she asked: 'What are your most popular flavors? Are the chips as good as Lay's?'Dumb-Things-People-Said
I was working in the emergency department when I received this call from a frantic mother: 'My toddler just drank out of the dog's water bowl! What should I do?' I told her: 'Give the dog some more water.'ScaryMouchy reply
How controlled our food was.
Partly a whole heap of family allergies followed by I think fear that if we weren’t eating super healthy then something bad would happen, I’m not really sure to be honest. I do remember being amazed that friends were allowed juice and other sugary stuff.
dukelief reply
Both of my parents grew up in Asia, and they store cooked meat in the oven/microwave or a cooked pot of food on the stove, not in the fridge. And I’m talking for a few days. It honestly wasn’t until I was an adult and started house sharing that I learned about the fear of meat being left out or stored properly. I was never sick as a child from this practice and I’ve learned the only other people who think this isn’t insane behaviour are people who also have parents from similar regions. . moonlit muffins • is following a person
