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When I was younger I hated the stars. Not the Hollywood kind, the space kind. Before I truly comprehended gravity I thought they were just electric shocks if you will that would one by one fall from the sky to kill us. It's why I also detested lightning, I swore every strike of lightning was an Earth blow scorching the ground. Yeah.... rainstorms at night were traumatizing. Now I adore the rain and the stars but lightning can still send me running for vodka. Oh the things that send us reeling as children.
Redditor u/Shay_da_la wanted to know what things deemed inconsequential by others left an emotional scar on others when they were younger by asking.... What's a harmless thing that terrified you as a child?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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The Death Beep
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDI0MTk5OC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTUzODE3OH0.zvZo5g7m5XMTeTAMu9M3rzYGmYjU9SP8fFgDln1Yl7E/img.gif?width=980" id="ad0d0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e9f18eaa46124a3b4566bcae3b9d11a2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />calling phone call GIF by Feliks Tomasz KonczakowskiGiphy<p>The busy tone when a call went dead. That used to scare the crap out of me. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sej29?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">GameGod2815</a></p><p>I think we're conditioned from scary movies. Like that white noise static tv. Thank God those things no longer exist.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4swf59?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> armen89</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/armen89/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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Wrath
<p>That damn alligator under my bed that wanted to eat my feet. You gotta turn the lights out and jump in bed quick to avoid its wrath. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sdwnp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NotTheNoogie</a></p><p>And tuck the sheets in under you with no limbs exposed so it couldn't get you? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4skdaa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">karl_fickenschnauzer</a></p><p>The sheets. Stay. Tucked. Also, I always imagined a hand or demonic mouth getting me from under the bed. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sv9da?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HAL-Over-9001</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Falling....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDI0MjE2OS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzc4MTUyN30.XNKNJtUzPuNI7U-R42B7LOZXFa4SbywJG2Nzx88Py_I/img.gif?width=980" id="6cc15" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6f82af0e0fcb509762079206642760d1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="400" />buster keaton kathryn mcguire GIF by MauditGiphy<p>Whenever the floorboards creaked, I imagined myself or my bed falling through the floor into the basement. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4s5gsv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Difference_in_Shades</a><span></span></p><p>Happened to a neighbor's daughter. 13 year old girl, chilling in the bath. There's a creak and next thing the bath is in the kitchen. She wasn't hurt. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sk6i3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tallbutshy</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Shallow....
<p>That little rope of buoys that separated the deep end from the shallow end in the pool. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sbzip?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">boyvsfood2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sbzip?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Yes! I'm 35 and those still creep me out. Not to mention those large buoys in lakes/oceans. I'm not much of a swimmer bc pretty much anything in the water (including dark water itself) creeps me out.</p><p><strong><em>EDIT : </em></strong>I do already belong to submechanaphobia and thalassophobia subs. Creepy stuff! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4srg9c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">C_J_Money</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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drained...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDI0MjIxNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDM2NDkzOH0.uik5pd00-w-Wd9HcSwcD2uXmgaDLZB1NtHvRXQHupQQ/img.gif?width=980" id="942e7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="91ca9e5e986d0796fc078550c9bb441f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="336" data-height="188" />drain Draining GIFGiphy<p>I thought the bathtub drain would suck me down with the water. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sgx97?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">harlotScarlett</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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'it's what took Terry's leg'
<p>Terry Fox.</p><p>So in Canada we have Terry Fox Day and the Terry Fox walk because this guy, Terry Fox, tried to run across the country on one leg to raise cancer awareness.</p><p>My child brain however didn't quite understand why. I didn't really understand what cancer was and nobody would tell me anything more than 'it's what took Terry's leg'. I assumed it was a person or something. </p><p>So all I knew was that we were walking because a dead man with one leg said we should spread word about Cancer who stole his leg and giving him money. I was so scared that if I forgot to donate or if I missed the walk that Terry Fox's ghost would come with whoever Cancer was and take my leg too.</p><p><em>Edit: </em>I'd just like to say thank you all so much for all the upvotes and rewards! I've never had a comment blow up like this before, so just- Thank you! Glad you all enjoyed my silly childhood story. 😊 </p>
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Choppers....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDI0MjU0NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MTc4NTM4NX0.GZCO0isqjKKUmaZ5LZXsAuH8x-oOTuXgRxHbSOaMs8w/img.gif?width=980" id="ec65d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f880b26f04578d47b6ee5dd0b5768338" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="240" data-height="180" />cat flying GIFGiphy<p>Ceiling fans. I was afraid that it would come off the ceiling still spinning and chop me up like a helicopter blades. That and millions of bugs crawling through the windows and covering my bed like the plastic casket things people used to lay in on fear factor. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sdqpz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">redheadedrec</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Into Oblivion....
<p>Escalators scared the crap out of me. Trying desperately to fit within a rectangle before it becomes a step, jumping off of them at the end to avoid being sucked down into oblivion. And there was one or two anecdotal stories from the news to convince me that they were, in fact, killers. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sdfcp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">jakerhamster</a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
The Glow....
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Why Hulk? Why?
<p>I was on the toilet, and for some unthinkable reason i was scared that the hulk would come out the toilet and shove a knife up my butt. Why the hulk? either way, it freakin confuses me. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iqhbao/whats_a_harmless_thing_that_terrified_you_as_a/g4sirfu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Possible_Fan_9371</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nobody is perfect. We can't all be great at everything. Even though we so desperately believe we can do it all, that is not the case. That realization can become a haunting issue when it pertains to life's simpler activities. For instance... I can't do math. After years of struggle and self doubt I realized... who cares? I hate math; hand me a calculator. No shame. We are just wired to intake info in different ways. And sometimes certain wires are just not meant to cross. Often times the deceptively simple alludes us and it's a mystery.
Redditor u/HarveySteakfries was hoping everyone was wiling to compare notes and admit to all the small things that so many of us just can't seem to conquer by asking.... What are some basic things that you can't do?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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Chop-Chop
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzUzOTcyNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzg4MDA4Mn0.U5uI3VnfazMFp_FFXQ4woYOo_YV7TDskWmLJzdifenk/img.gif?width=980" id="39eab" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="74415b256dc6c03e8e55f5771c287c31" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />nicole byer chopsticks GIF by NailedItGiphy<p>Use a chopstick (I'm asian). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzhhbb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">oandebba</a></p><p>Try eating spaghetti, I'm Italian and I hate those pieces of crap, long live the mezze penne rigate. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g00g0ts?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">leonardotigli</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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Sorry. And you are?
<p>Remember names and faces. Don't know what my deal is but unless my brain decides I should remember you for some reason, I will probably forget I've even met you. It's screwed up and embarrassing really. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzrqli?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Glass_Force</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzrqli?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Ugh, I feel you. It was a great night when I turned to my GF's friend and said "I'm sorry, what was your name again?" and she was like "It's Caitlin! I am literally your GF's best friend, we have met <span style="background-color: initial;">three times!" </span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g00wkf9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> cmprsr</a></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cmprsr/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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1 + 1=.... UM?
<p>Do basic math quickly. Like simple adding and subtracting math. I used to be a bartender, and one of the basic jobs of a bartender is surprisingly enough to check ids. Well whenever any handed me their id I couldn't do the math fast enough to actually be sure they were over 21. So I just said okay. Later they put up the sign with date that the birthday had to be after to be served. Made it slightly easier. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzznmmj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Medleyfish</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Goodnight....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzUzOTcyOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTQ2NzY2N30.tQOaBqikfTnvC1bs5V2KZhbzZpaeh-_EMyGlmBkJqAg/img.gif?width=980" id="a0416" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4a5bf16c590b5a2573d995f760ccb6a7" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="260" data-height="146" />Baby Reaction GIFGiphy<p>Get to sleep at a reasonable hour. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzk6gg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">-eDgAR-</a><span></span></p><p>I always go to sleep after midnight, have done for years now. It just feels natural to me now, any time before that and its too early for me. I've been told to go to bed earlier by a few people. Its definitely easier said than done - as I just lie in bed looking at the ceiling if I'm forced to go to bed before midnight. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzx5pa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> thunderfart_99</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thunderfart_99/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hello....
<p>Interact with someone that I don't know. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzje4g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SGScoutAU</a><span></span></p><p>Like anything, it takes practice. I'll admit though, making conversation with strangers doesn't feel as natural as if it was to somebody you know. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzwzdl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">thunderfart_99</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Doped....
<p>Produce dopamine at an acceptable level. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzhdk3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> Nick_Blaize</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzhdk3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a>It's serotonin you want if you'd like to feel content and happy not dopamine. Too much dopamine will make you miserably.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Nick_Blaize/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><em><strong>Edit:</strong></em> this is an oversimplification and there are many pathway signals in the brain that we still don't completely understand on the whole. Far from it. So please do not think this one thing will solve a complex issue. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzu54l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Cashmar</a></p>Bad Bite
<p>Bite into apples or an ear of corn. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzgyjf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">PregnantMexicanTeens</a><span></span></p><p>I have to cut up apples and whatnot bc one of my front teeth is partially fake. If there was somehow only apples and corn on the cob available and no knives? You gotta come at it from the side and hope you have floss. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g00k0d2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">JollyHorror</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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bad cycle
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzUzOTc0MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NTg2MzY0N30.cdODIpAJ5PXLwe42mas8An1r1LF6StBjz97JytLsjeY/img.gif?width=980" id="c76bc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ffc43671c2f80bfd307293ba3d5e7e5f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="367" data-height="332" />bike ride GIFGiphy<p>I'm 16 and I cant ride a bike. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzh3k0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">zaltybaen</a></p><p>A common mistake when beginning is trying to keep balance by moving the front wheel. Move your body slightly left or right instead. It is also much easier to keep balance at faster speeds. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzsjyf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheGoldL</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Bodies are weird
<p>Process dairy. Thanks for nothing, ancestors. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzkxgi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">IDKHow2UseThisApp</a><span></span></p><p>Yes, I have problems with this. However, when I was pregnant I craved ice cream so bad and ate it several times a day and my body was ok with it. Bodies are weird. Type of ice cream: just one kind, superman. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g00nl0j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> RhineStonedCowgirl</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RhineStonedCowgirl/" target="_blank"></a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Don't Pucker.... Blow....
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<p>When you make that noise, you should find yourself blowing on your lower front teeth.</p><p>The tip of your tongue should be neutral to start - not all the way forward as for yyyyyyyy, and not all the way back as for aaaawwww. Just a loose, neutral uuuhhh.</p><p>Last and least important, the lips. Starting out, keep it relaxed - position them for ooo, like you're going to mutter 'cool' under your breath. Don't pucker, it'll be harder to find the tone.</p>
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<p>So, put it all together, and you whisper khlhkhhkkkhkhkkheeeeeeoooooooo - and somewhere in there you should find a lick of tone. Keep practicing until you can home right in on it. It'll be kind of breathy, but we'll fix that in a minute.</p><p>You change the pitch by moving the tip of your tongue forward and back. You'll notice that high notes are a bit hard to reach.</p>
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<p>Once you've got this down, and can find the tone every time - then you pucker your lips into a wwwww shape.</p><p>It's got much less tolerance for finding the tone, but the tone will clean up and lose the breathiness, and high notes will become a whole lot easier.</p><p>That's it, that's all you need.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzq4zi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Definitely_Not_Frodo</a></p>
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Cereal Fails
<p>I don't know if it's just me and God I hope it's not but for the life of me I cannot open a resealable package the correct way. You know the packaging that's like tear here along the lines to get to the resealable part? Without fail every time I tear it off and somehow there's just enough to not be able to get to the resealable part. My girlfriend watches me every time I open one with the same disappointed face. She has to watch the man she fell in love with paw at a bag of cereal like a seal wearing oven mitts. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzro9t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Jewish_Keebler</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"khhh"
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Drowning
<p>Swim. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzil26?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">TizzleDirt</a></p><p>Saaame. Maybe it's only in the US where it's a shame to not know to swim. I was fine in my home country bc a lot of people don't learn how to swim. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g01dxp9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">langgam_13</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Muscle Movement
<p>Raise only one eyebrow. How do people do that? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzowbb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">crypticmint</a></p><p>Yeah, I used to know how to do 1 but not the other without compressing muscles of the other one. Then i got face paralysis and couldn't move half my face for about 2 months until i began going to physical therapy where i had to learn to move my face again.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Now i can move both of them independently and without any need of using muscles from other side to keep it down. So basically a lot of looking in the mirror and just thinking about moving it and using imagination to picture it all while helping it with a finger and you can learn it... if you decide its worth your while. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzverc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Hermit_crab_Bob</a></p>
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learning life
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Twisted
<p>I cant twist my tongue to the left, I encourage you to try this, idk why I cant, I can twist it to the right but no matter how hard I try I can't twist my tongue to the left. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzh18e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">NiteKlaw</a></p><p>It's genetic, same as the pattern in which you clasp your hands together with fingers interlaced. Whether it feels natural to have your left or right forefinger in the top position is genetic. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzmvb0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">SuzQP</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Lonely Still
<p>Find a girlfriend. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzksea?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">notyouravgredditer</a><br></p><p>Same, where do you even find them and how do people have the confidence to ask girls out, not something I could ever relate to lol. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g00xoy3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">GMD3S1GNS</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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52 Pickup
<p>Shuffle cards. Embarrassing when I have to mix them all up in my hands. I'm 29. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzpise?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Mr_hungry_face</a></p><p>Here is sexy card shuffle <a href="https://youtu.be/Eora8ZEBQLM" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow" target="_blank">tutorial</a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g00vmk7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="dofollow"> likelyilllike</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/likelyilllike/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Side to Side
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Licensed to Walk....
<p>Drive a car (I'm in my early 30s). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzizyb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">MansonsDaughter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/fzzizyb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow"></a>I have a friend I went to high school with back in the 80's who was scared to learn to drive. Her mom thought it was because her dad was teaching her to drive and he was being a butt to her so she asked me if I could teach my friend to drive.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>She had no interest in learning to drive and finally told me that she didn't want to learn and liked taking the bus and walking. She finally told her mom the same.</p><p>She is my age (50) and still has never driven. She lives in a city where she does not have to drive and is very happy there.</p><p>I drove as soon as I could but not everyone is in a hurry and some people just aren't interested. I worked with a guy at my last job who was 36 and didn't know how to drive. It's probably more common than you think. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i1stko/what_are_some_basic_things_that_you_cant_do/g0143b4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> jjellison319</a></p>
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Let me cry...
<p>I once tried to do one of those things where you drink an entire water bottle in a couple seconds and i ended up choking on it and spitting it out all over my friend/cousin. the embarrassing part was that this was in my history class. everyone was just staring at me for a moment in complete silence and i was dying laughing but also super embarrassed. the look on my teachers face as she slowly shook her head and sighed made me want to cry. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp0z6ef?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">txketheride</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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multiplayer....
<p>trying online multiplayer for the first time.</p><p>I remember dominating my friends/family (I used to win 90% of the time) at Halo, Gears of War, and COD on local multiplayer. then when I finally got Xbox live I vividly remember getting stomped by other players for weeks until I adjusted to online.</p><p>I'm pretty good now but every now and again i'll vs someone who is on a whole other level and i'll get put in my place again. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp146ip?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ThatKiwiBloke</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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the struggle.
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Immediate.
<p>Waterskiing. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp0y8bu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Boston_Strong_CQB241</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp0y8bu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a>Even though we went out to a big lake (Mead) almost every weekend during the summer while I was growing up, it took me years to be able to slalom ski. Everyone else in my extended family seemed to pick it up immediately. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp1z9ku?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MazeTheorist</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Let's Talk About....
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The Switch....
<p>Making a time table and following it to turn my life around.</p><p>I always thought I can do it the day I decide to. It turned out to be very difficult and I had/have a lot of moments when I just turn the old me. Now I know it is not a flick switch but a continuous process and one is supposed to take many small steps. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp12mo6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">lowkeyjakey</a></p>I suck.
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzI2NDI2Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MjA3MDQ1NX0.xx1isaAuhHxk9ZwPXgyqFnXUPGmcvEl-ogyTWtz855w/img.gif?width=980" id="15d4d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4b825c3838d70d7c361f6bdf7675eb2c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="336" />Giphy<p>Woodwork. You buy wood, you cut it to the right dimensions, you screw/glue it together. Seriously, how damn hard can that be.</p><p>Yet somehow, I suck at woodwork. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp15v6g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> HoggishPad</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HoggishPad/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Jump! Or not....
<p>Ski jumping a tiny little 1foot high mogul size jump without using legs as shock absorbers and ending up landing in a fire sale 🔥 and split lip from ski shooting up my face into the air. Required 3 stitches to fix. Scar reminds me daily to not be a dumb fool. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp0yj5b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">j_k_802</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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RIDE!!!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzI2NDI2NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTk1NTc2OH0.6Dts1tO4j1yscwZM_822x9YTb6PP12spFypYhztEijA/img.gif?width=980" id="e94a4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="68eb5dd145bb447c2c306f08d234bc98" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="268" />Giphy<p>Riding a mechanical bull. It looks easy, and when I talk to people who have done it they gave me a few pointers. I watched all night at people who were both good and bad and "figured it out". I hopped on and of course I did well when it went slow, but as soon and the operator sped it up, WOOSH i went. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp15ujz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">shaka_sulu</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Using the fingers...
<p>Knitting. I worked with a woman at a hardware store who would knit while she was taking care of customers (the woman was a goddess of hardware). I am a Doctor Who fan and I asked her to teach me. Making my fingers move the way they needed made my hands feel alien like I was forcing them to do something they weren't made to do. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I never got past a row or two without making huge mistakes. And that feeling in my hands, I just couldn't get past it for whatever reason. Now in lockdown, I am going to attempt piano and I fear it will be the same thing. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gaonoz/whats_something_that_looked_easy_but_you_failed/fp16bov?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ghallway</a></p>
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Bob Ross is the solution.
<p>Painting. It looks so simple, but it hardly ever is.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thisisisle/" target="_blank">thisisisle</a></p><p>Just paint along with Bob Ross! Who needs creativity when you can imitate instead?</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/twirlingpink/" target="_blank">twirlingpink</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not as simple as it looks.
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It happens.
<p>Cartwheels. D*mn near broke my arm when I tried.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Nachtopus/" target="_blank">Nachtopus</a></p><p>Competitive dancer here: dislocated my elbow trying to do an aerial because "I've done years of cartwheels and I flip on hoops and silks all the time, an aerial is just a cartwheel with no hands, how hard can it be?"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mollybecute/" target="_blank">mollybecute</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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They're very different instruments.
<p>As a pianist, I badly overestimated how much of my ability would translate to trying a drum set for the first time.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tbone139/" target="_blank">Tbone139</a></p><p>Ironically it was the opposite for me. I started off on piano, was mediocre at it, but then became really good on the drums.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jakov_Salinsky/" target="_blank">Jakov_Salinsky</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Stick shift is the worst.
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Relatable.
<p>Losing weight.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/melindseyme/" target="_blank">melindseyme</a></p><p>Opposite of this is true too - gaining weight is just as difficult. I add heavy cream to everything imaginable just for the extra calories. I have grown to f*cking hate food.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Preskewl_Prostitewt/" target="_blank">Preskewl_Prostitewt</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A lot of people THINK they're good at it...
<p>Rapping, I feel like everyone underestimates it until someone dares you to try it and you absolutely fail.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/treblethedog/" target="_blank">treblethedog</a></p><p>Everyone who tries rapping always starts with "my name is ____, I'm here to say..." lmao it kills me every time.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mrschestnyspurplehat/" target="_blank">mrschestnyspurplehat</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Exercise is hard.
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzE4MTYzMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MjQ1NDI2MH0.TjGJPqQIRfwD4ohICLmIGEQZ_nLB-UVMuvu2qQAuSms/img.gif?width=980" id="95115" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0b09ddce671ee9d628451ef3b8661299" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="288" />Giphy<p>Pull ups. I learned very quickly that I have basically 0 upper body strength.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thatpurplegirl140/" target="_blank">thatpurplegirl140</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thatpurplegirl140/" target="_blank"></a>Related:</p><p>I wanted to improve my upper body strength and looked up one of those 30 day push up things. Day 1 was like 5 push ups.</p><p>Turns out I can't even do 1, I just collapsed on the floor when I had barely moved from full up position.</p><p>I had to start on some other arm strength exercises first.</p><p>I'm 3 weeks in and still can't do a full proper press up but I can get down about half way, and get back up again!</p><p>Upper body stuff is hard.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PM_ME_VEG_PICS/" target="_blank">PM_ME_VEG_PICS</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Street Fighter = chess?
<p>Playing fighter games like Tekken or Street Fighters. The pros know the special combinations for every character and there's apparently a technique where they can "read" their opponent's pattern so they can plan their next move, sort of like chess.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fihsbogor_is_back/" target="_blank">fihsbogor_is_back</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not so easy.
<p>My godd*mn computer desk. You get it and you think "Oh this'll be easy, I'll just follow the directions. I know how to use a screwdriver what could go wrong???"</p><p>12 missing screws, 1 manual written in Portuguese, 6 and half hours and one broken relationship later you realize that maybe you aren't the handyman you thought you were.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/The_Pusa/" target="_blank">The_Pusa</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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There are just a few life foundations we assume everyone is taught by a certain age or it's been acquired through breathing. These simple life musts tend to allude some and that can be a shocking discovery to many. It's like learning that someone doesn't know it's not ok to kill because it will get them into trouble. Like... how did you miss that day in Life 101?
Redditor u/MissVikingQueen wanted to discuss the simple things in life that should be a no brainer by asking....
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No!
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjA5NTA0My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxMzQ3MjIwMn0.OdbB-x8KhQH_oPkgE0XkU6efEum3ejUqagrvofqec24/img.gif?width=980" id="616d5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="289c9c8794fa17af14483441f7a55ee6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>How to say no. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xus9y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">sankers23</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xus9y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Can you teach me? <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y5n0j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> ethan1el</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y5n0j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x">ethan1el</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ethan1el/" target="_blank"></a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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PIVOT!
<p>Use a turn signal!! <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xu2wm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">dirtymoney</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xu2wm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Merge first then turn on the signal to celebrate right? <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7ys2ya?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">jwr410</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I live in Asia though.
<p>Laundry and cooking saves money if you can do it yourself. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xt1kw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Shina_nyaw</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xt1kw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Depends.</p><p>I get my monthly laundry done for what I earn in an hour. Otherwise, I'd spend 6 hours or more doing it myself. If you include the electricity, water, and detergent cost I'd have to pay each month (never mind the machine cost), it is more like half an hour's wage.</p><p>I can also buy a noodle soup off a street seller for what I earn in about 5 minutes.</p><p>I live in Asia though. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y72ox?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">buffalodumb</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Thanks for reading my TED Talk.
<p>How to do CPR</p><p>I'm an EMT and I worked in a very rural area for a couple years, almost every CPR Call (Code) I've run was 10-20+ minutes away, and when we got on scene no one had started CPR. Different sources will tell you different numbers, but after 5-7 minutes without oxygen brain cells will begin to die, and after 10-15 minutes if we get someone back they may have a severe mental deficit, by the 20 minute mark there's almost no chance of getting someone back and if we do they'll most likely be in a vegetative state. The longer someone has been down without CPR, the less of a chance we have to help them.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I rural EMS the 10+ minute travel time to a call is normal, lights and sirens only cut off a few minutes at intersections and traffic lights but you can only go so fast through residential areas and back roads.</p><p>In bigger cities it's a bit quicker for response time, but even still my parents house is 10 minutes from the fire station and it still took them about 7 minutes to get there when we called once (dad woke us up choking, he's ok now). So regardless of where you live you still could be waiting.</p>
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<p>If you're afraid of hurting someone or doing CPR wrong, <span style="background-color: initial;">bad CPR is better than no CPR</span>, or the way my instructor had put it when I was a student, 'they aren't getting any deader,' so you might as well try anything you can. It's fairly easy to learn and most classes last only a few hours and are fairly cheap and some places even do it for free. And if you don't want to put your mouth on a stranger's, they have key chain CPR masks that cost a few dollars or even 75¢ depending where you look, and with the new AHA standards you can do CPR without any rescue breaths. Learning it could help save a friend, family member, or a complete stranger. It can happen to anyone any age too, we've had babies code, high schoolers, people in their 20s and 30s and so on.</p><p>Thanks for reading my TED Talk. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y1gfa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DrScienceSpaceCat</a></p>
Zip-Zap.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjA5NTI3Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzY3MjAwNn0.lP-dUk4BJDtTLBGMMUWSayo2e4l7CMt5CcTrwVsOjjw/img.gif?width=980" id="065ea" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="099afa965b97f83f275081136f674877" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Zipper Merge. And ffs, if you are getting on the highway, get up to at least the speed of the traffic. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xuis7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ahfuq</a>T</p><p>That's funny, I know you're supposed stop right before you swerve blindly into the next lane.</p><p><em>Then</em> you use your blinker if you have enough fluid. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7yc8vi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">WitchBerderLineCook</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Stop Whining....
<p>Telling people what you want instead of complaining about not getting what you wanted. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xym7a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Wrong_Answer_Willie</a></p><p>My ex didn't know that, there's things I forgot about because she told me it was ok and then learned she was mad about it. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7zfxul?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">cizhiresb</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Love Is.
<p>To love each other. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y1xtd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Louve-Ynia</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y1xtd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>And first to love yourself. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7yy9ng?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">PM_ME_YOUR_BUFFONS</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
To the Water....
<p>Swim, it blows my mind how many grown adults don't know how to swim properly. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y5eue?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Pyrazoid</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y5eue?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Same here. Couldn't go kayaking on Lake Powell in Arizona because the minute i got in a Kayak, saw the depth of the water and "nope"ed my way back to the shore. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7yylx2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">bob-lob</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Robert A. Heinlein
<p>"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."</p><ul><li>Robert A. Heinlein <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7y83hb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Gymnos84</a> </li></ul><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Save the Coin!
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjA5NTMxMC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzODM1OTI4Mn0.SfM9I6KIzWP4zLo0zS4LGIJ54DDi-56BLTHo8aQbd3k/img.gif?width=980" id="0eb82" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="499229656a5a8c29d105aeb4429f7f00" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Budget money. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xt5it?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">u_Uncirculated</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7xt5it?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Yea and no. It all depends on the individual situation at hand.</p><p>I've been in situations where no matter how hard I budgeted my money and lived like a student in poverty, I was still in the red at the end of every month. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dy1lht/what_is_a_basic_thing_everyone_should_know_how_to/f7yhhts?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Au_Uncirculated</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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