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I personally have finished three chapsticks from top to bottom. (using them correctly, not eating them.)

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[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I managed to keep the same pair of sunglasses for nearly 20 years.

I lost them when I was helping my sister move and her mother-in-law mistook them for hers. By the time we figured it out she couldn't find them.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

I personally have finished three chapsticks from top to bottom.

That's easy. I did that this weekend!

(using them correctly, not eating them.)

Oh. Uh. Nevermind.

[–] ChocoboEnthusiast@leminal.space 49 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Every once in awhile, I will wash, dry, and FOLD all my laundry in one day.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a grand achievement

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Only when company is coming over. And I never have company over.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The trifecta!

[–] nemo@piefed.social 41 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I answered a ringing payphone, just like in the movies.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Had that happen in an elevator. Elevator call boxes have a phone line for emergencies.

RING!
(pushes button)
"Hello?"
"Hello, who is this?"
"This is an elevator."
"No, seriously, who is this?"
"No, seriously, this is an elevator."
(Everyone in the elevator starts laughing)
"OMG... this really is an elevator!"
"Well, yeah, that's what I told you."
"How are you talking to me?"
"The call box started ringing so I pushed the button."
"Um, OK, can you hang up now?"
"Well, there's no real phone, just a button and a speaker, so I think you have to hang up."
(CLICK)

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 18 points 2 days ago

This happened to me one time like 15 years ago. I was sitting on a bench and a pay phone next to me started ringing. I picked it up and the local police department was on the other end.

They said they'd gotten a 911 call from this number. I said this was a pay phone and they were like, "Oh. Are there like, any kids or teenagers around?"

I looked around. There was a big group of teenagers maybe 30ft from where I was sitting. "Yep, there's a few nearby."

They said, "It was probably them. But we're gonna send someone by just to make sure everything's okay."

A few minutes later a cop came by and asked if I was the person they spoke to on the phone. "Yep." He looked around and verified there was no emergency and then left.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In a public school that had is own number, a harmless prank people used to pull was to dial the payphone's own number then immediately hang up and dash off. It would then ring and confuse the person who was nearest.

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Is that how they found you, Nemo?

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I 100%-ed FFX-II. I don't recommend this.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

I was watching a friend who was trying to get all the blue mage spells and I was baffled my his level of dedication. I didn't even unlock that class...

I know RPGs are grindy sometimes, but X-2 wasn't enjoyable to me, at all. 2/10, more Rikku.

I admire your dedication.

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I ended up with the absolute worst shopping buggy in the store, constantly clacking and hanging up. I found it was somehow much easier to push backwards..

People looked at me funny, but hey, if it seems stupid but works, it's not stupid.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 2 days ago

I can consistently separate the chocolate from both waffles without breaking any of them with Hanutas. And I can do the same for Prinzenrolle but with slightly less consistency. The latter are more dependend on temperature.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I committed to sleeping in a silk bonnet every night, and my hair is so much nicer now :)

One time as a 19-year-old, I planned out an entire Traveler campaign in the span of two weeks. 46 planets, each with distinct cultures, local flora and fauna, and a unique questline for each one. There was an overarching plotline about a Doctor Sinestar abducting people and stealing tech. I basically spent two weeks in my room furiously typing from when I woke up until I fell asleep at my keyboard, ignoring my bodily functions until my body forced me to take care of it. It was a race against burnout, and I won, but at what cost?

[–] DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How many you finish by eating them?

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Most of that was in my youth so I don’t know. at least 10

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can get my tongue inside my nose from the inside. Helps cleaning out the nose and nasal passages.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was a curious kid and can do this for a long time. I found out later that this is an established yoga technique called "Khechari Mudra".

There is even a Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khecar%C4%AB_mudr%C4%81

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Wow. I dislike that greatly.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I regularly finish the ink of a Bic pen.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 days ago

they taste awesome, right??

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've kind of wanted to die for over a year, but I dropped the hand scanner in the self checkout and it landed between the wires of the rack on the underside of the shopping cart so that it was hanging perfectly, and that was pretty cool

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 11 points 2 days ago

Neat! Also, I don't know you but, I'm glad you're here

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[–] TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I can wiggle my ears

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I can hum and whistle at the same time. Dogs always snap to attention and look at me when I do it lol

[–] FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can you harmonize with yourself?

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Huh damn just gave it a more concerted effort and I can get them pretty much in sync/harmonized haha. It feels so weird!

Sample

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah don’t got enough control for that though sometimes it gets close on accident. Whistle I can bend the pitch a little bit, but mostly sharp/flat. Can’t really shift full on notes easily

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[–] marighost@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

I'm really good at tearing away paper towels from the toll with one hand

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I finished Heavy Barrel on one credit, in the exact same time it took Ride the Lightning to play through on a walkman.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm downtown right now. For me that's big. I hate the city. It feels like one big cage and there's too many people. This whole time I just want to run away and let them throw me in jail for skipping jury duty but I'm keeping it together. So that's a w I guess

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

That's awesome.!

[–] lilmo037@infosec.pub 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I find the mates to MOST of my socks

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Did you work out where the drier puts them? Every load, two matching socks go in, but when I unload them there's either; just one sock, or two different socks.

[–] laurathepluralized@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I cheat and use Loc-a-Sok sock holders. I still may take forever to get my laundry out of the dryer, but almost never lose a sock!

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Do they act to maintain the stock's grip on our plane of existence?

[–] lilmo037@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

There is a pocket dimension, just behind the lint filter. I use one of those grabbers to fish socks out and I toss back ones that aren't mine.

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In line with your submission, I kept a Bic pen from brand new to absolutely gone. It took years, but I'm not exactly jotting down notes all day.

Now I carry a nub of a carpenter's pencil with me and I'm much happier.

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[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I can place my hands in front of my chest and make circles, hands going in opposite directions.

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time?

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