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

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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 6 hours 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 1 points 5 hours ago

Are you an alien?...

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 hours 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 1 points 5 hours ago

That's awesome.!

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 7 hours 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.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Was 10 the one with blitzball? I never went past that arena, that game should have been released as a standalone, fun as fuck.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yep. I 100%-ed X as well, but that wasn't nearly as bad.

[–] DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

How many you finish by eating them?

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] marighost@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] nemo@piefed.social 37 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

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

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours 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 15 points 19 hours 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 16 points 22 hours 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 22 hours ago

Is that how they found you, Nemo?

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What did it say? Don't leave us hanging, goddamnit!

[–] nemo@piefed.social 3 points 12 hours ago

I was in a train station, a woman was looking for her skateboarder son who was supposed to be waiting for the next train. He wasn't there.

[–] TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

I can wiggle my ears

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I regularly finish the ink of a Bic pen.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 15 hours ago

they taste awesome, right??

[–] ChocoboEnthusiast@leminal.space 44 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's a grand achievement

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

The trifecta!

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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?

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day 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.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 19 hours ago

I always get stuck with the cursed cart but I roll with it. In a crowded store on the weekend nothing is more fun than power walking and doing extreme maneuvers with a loud as fuck cart.

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[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours 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 10 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Congratulations on being here! You matter !

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 9 points 21 hours 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 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Can you harmonize with yourself?

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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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[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 8 points 21 hours 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 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, kind of the same mind control.

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours 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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[–] lilmo037@infosec.pub 9 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I find the mates to MOST of my socks

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (2 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.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

No shit, most washing machines really eat socks. They sometimes slip between rubber and drum and then slowly dissolve. Have seen a video of that happening. And have found a lost sock when I had to repair the machine.

[–] lilmo037@infosec.pub 3 points 10 hours 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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