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We all think we're good cooks, don't we?
<div>There's a sense of pride when you prepare something by yourself, however that pride can quickly fall away when you make something for someone and you see the look of disdain pass over their face. They've just shown their complete and utter contempt for the food you've made them. How do you avoid that? How do you make yourself better in the kitchen?</div><p>The internet. That's how.</p><p>Reddit user, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/askredditiscool/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">u/askredditiscool</a>, wanted to hear about:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/" target="_blank">What are the best cooking tips everyone should know?</a></em></p>
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Let's Start With The Practical
<p>There's the practical skills, the ones you should be putting into practice every time you step into the kitchen.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Slice Slice Slice
<p>Sharpen. Your. Knives.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp1ctrj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">jeff_the_nurse</a></p><p>Recently bought some sharpening stones. The difference is immediately apparent</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp2xacz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">1987mark</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Make Them Smaller. Duh.
<p>Cut potatoes into pieces before boiling them, I know it sounds obvious but you wouldn't believe how many people I've met who always put the entire thing in water only to complain about how long it took to cook</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp0l9gy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Raito_Urekawa</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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MORE. Not Less. MORE.
<p>Add more garlic.</p><p>Also the difference between an average cook and a good cook is often adding more butter and/or seasoning.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp1duq3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Squiggles87</a></p><p>If a recipe calls for one clove of garlic, always use at least two cloves. Even if the recipe is "How to cook one clove of garlic"... use two.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp3bptx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">EidolonMom</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Lesser Known Tips And Tricks Of The Trade
<p>โThen there's the lesser known tips, the ones you probably haven't hear of, even in passing, but should keep in your chef's tool belt. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Feel Like There's A Painful Story Here...
<p>Never use wet oven gloves. NEVER.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp17yhf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">xReyjinx</a></p><p>Imagine flash steaming your fingers at 450 degrees.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp1zlee?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">oksono</a></p>Don't Wait Too Long
<p>If your cookies look all the way done when you pull them out they are already burned</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp1yf4w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">hjkkjhkllhj</a></p><p>Yes! Instead take them out when the bottom edges just start to brown. Leave them on the pan for 5 minutes so the bottom and edges crispen up. Remove from pan, set on plate or cooling rack for 5 minutes. Eat.</p><p>Perfectly light crispy outside, gooey warm inside. Heaven on Earth.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mah_astral_body/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mah_astral_body</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Never Boiled Again
<p>My dad is a chef, so growing up with him has taught me a lot about cooking. I've seen some good tips here already (season your food, season as you go, use sharp knives, preheat the oven etc.) but a really good tip especially for people who are not that fond of vegetables: oven roast them!</p><p>Roased veggies are the best, just give them a little oil and seasoning (I usually do salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder) and give them 20-30 minutes depending on how big the veggie pieces are. If there's a type of vegetable you usually don't like because you've only tried it boiled to oblivion, try oven roasting it. I hate boiled Brussels sprouts, but oven roasted they're my favourite.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp182u6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">rmp2020</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Obvious Standards To Hit
<p>Then there's these skills, the ones you've probably never even considered, but to ascend to the level of great cook must be a standard to achieve. </p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
You Are The Master And The Commander
<p>This is the advise I give all my new cooks I'm training:</p><p>You are stronger and smarter than everything in the kitchen. If it needs to be hotter, turn it up. Knife is dull? Sharpen it. Recipe says to bake for 20 mins but you think it needs 30? Give it 30. Don't let the food rule you. You're in charge.</p><p>Also, clean while you cook. You'll be amazed how many dishes can be done in two free minutes.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp0o372?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Sirnando138</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Two Different Philosophies On The Same Coin
<p>Unless you're baking go by taste rather than the exact measurements of a recipe</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp1ifew?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">XoX_K_XoX</a></p><p>And if you <em>are</em> baking follow the ingredients and amounts <em>exactly</em>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp2msvc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">GozerDGozerian</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For Those In The Back:
<p>WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE COOKING</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp1ubn2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">InCONTROLfreak</a></p><p>and if you've been working with peppers WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER COOKING</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltpl3z/what_are_the_best_cooking_tips_everyone_should/gp2xscs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">hungrylens</a></p><p>Keep an open mind, keep your ego in check, know you always have something to learn, and you'll be slicing and dicing with the best of them.</p><p>And spices. Always, always use more spices and seasoning.<br></p><p><em>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </em></p>
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People Who Clean Up After Large Festivals Break Down The Craziest Things They've Found Left Behind
March 02 | 2021
Outdoor festivals feel like something from some sort of an alternate reality at this point, don't they?
<div>While gathering for an outdoor festival is at the forefront of many people's minds, there's a specific subset of people who're probably happy they're not running any concerts or art gatherings right now.</div><p>The custodial staff.</p><p>Cleaning up after a long alcohol and hormonal-infused romp can't be any fun... right?</p><p>Reddit user, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Damo-reece666/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">u/Damo-reece666</a>, wanted to hear what got left behind when they asked:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/?sort=top" target="_blank">People who clean up after festivals and similar events, what's the best and worst things you have found left behind?</a></em></p>
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The Weirdest Items
<p>Sometimes you'll stumble across the weirdest items at a post-festival cleanup. Without any inhibitions, people won't think twice about leaving something behind, even if that something is maybe worth something or important to their survival.โ</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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What Even Is Money?
<p>I helped out some hippie friends of mine running this little hippie festival called Chronophonium, about 500 people camping for 3 days. Lots of themes around sustainability, recycling and what not.</p><p>Almost everyone left brand new tents in disheveled states all over the place.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>You can buy a cheap tent for next to nothing at The Warehouse (New Zealand's Walmart). I reckon people are packing up to go on the last day hungover as f-ck and they just wanna mentally write-off everything and get home asap. These same people would have launched into monologues about wastefulness from big box stores and sustainable re-use at any other time.</p><p>When you're hungover and coming-down from a 3 day bender, principles go out the window.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gop0jin?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">NextLineIsMine</a></p>
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At Least They Weren't Frogs?
<p>I'm an usher at my neighbourhood movie theatre so idk if this counts but I found a plastic bag under a seat with 6 guppies swimming around inside so I kept the guppies for myself lol. I had to Google how to take care of fish but it was fun and I still have them today</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gop7nbt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">bethanytaylor</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Why Cover It Up? Out Of Shame?
<p>My dad used to be the guy in charge of renting out the Knights of Columbus hall. Per policy, he had to be on-site during the event, but would clean up after. The cleanup would usually be the next day, and I'd come along to help.</p><p>The best thing we found was a $500 tip left behind by the father of the bride after a wedding reception with a little thank-you note.</p><p>The worst was finding the punch bowl the next day after someone had puked in it and put a lid over it. I'm pretty sure it had been spiked with something pretty strong before that, too.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gop80ly?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Lentra888</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Lucked Out
<p>Sometimes, working these events leads to some good fortunate. People don't tend to watch their wallets or bags when having too much fun, leading to a great payoff for those forced to sweep up after.</p>Australia Sounds Great
<p>I cleaned up for an event once and it was an event where you weren't allowed to bring your own alcohol in (so they can get you to buy it from the event itself and whatnot) so cops were taking people's alcohol. cool, that's fine.</p><p>I was cleaning up and two cops walked over and asked if I was 18. I showed them my license to prove I was, and they gave me almost $1000 of untouched alcohol that they'd confiscated from people trying to sneak it in. bottles of vodka and tequila, a lot of beer and rum and a bunch of ciders all given to me cause I was a volunteer and not getting paid otherwise. was f-cking great</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gop83do?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">dorkynoodleman</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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That's How A Home Begins
<p>I've cleaned up and found entire cooking sets and chairs.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/goounwe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">rickrolo24</a></p><p>Free kitchen</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gooy3uu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Mx-Quack</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Getting The Short End Of The Money Stick
<p>Did it once, as a fundraiser for a youth organisation, and collectively we found ยฃ3000 and ten mobile phones, and this was during the days when it was a somewhat luxury to have a phone.</p><p>(clarification edit: I didn't personally find and keep all of the above, this is what was found by the group of us, which was around forty teenagers. I found ยฃ35 and no phones)</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gooqnxs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">SlackHandful</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
...Gross
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Sh*t Tents? This Has To Be The Worst One...
<p>Bottle of rum, lots and lots of drugs, watches, phones, perfectly good clothes, welly boots, wallets/cash etc.</p><p>Worst is sh-t tents. As in, abandoning your tent but doing a massive sh-t in it before you go so it can't be reused.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gop1x9g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">meehaja</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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...Annnnd There It Is.
<p>I did a clean at a 3 day music festival once. </p><p>Literally the first night I had to clean one of the portable shower cubicles, because someone had sh-t in the corner and stuck a cocktail umbrella in it.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gooyw6d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Wheresma10mmsocket</a></p>No, This Is The On-DID YOU SAY A WHAT BODY?
<p>Poop tent.</p><p>It's a 5 gallon bucket filled with laundry detergent with a toilet seat on top placed in a cheap tent. Imagine open that sucker up after 4 days of 100 degree weather.</p><p>Dead body. It was an apparent OD.</p><p>Booze and drugs. Also a nitrous tank. (That night after work was fun)</p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ls0vln/people_who_clean_up_after_festivals_and_similar/gop6ldu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Simplekin77</a><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Always clean up after yourself. Pretty sure that's the important takeaway from today. Leave things the way you found it, bring a trash bag, and for the love of all that is holy, take your poop bucket with you.</p><p><em>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </em></p>
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Time and dedication is critical to learning new skills.
<p>We spend a lot of time trying to learn new skills. Quarantine has only accelerated this for a lot of people, for sure, with a million sourdough starters going unused while a billion rolls of yarn have gone unknitted. Not everyone can master new skills, let alone common, everday skills that seemingly everyone else can do.</p><p>Reddit user, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/memetimeboiiii/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">u/memetimeboiiii</a>, wanted to hear what you struggle with when they asked:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/" target="_blank">What is a common skill you just can't seem to master?</a></em></p>
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Getting Stuff Done Around The Household
<p>How do other people get things done around the house? Like a human being? Not everyone had a Home Economics class made available to them in school, so some household skills got lost in the shuffle.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How Do They Make It Look So Easy On Cooking Shows?
<p>Getting all the components of a meal ready at the same time.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxx9n2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Spellflinger2019</a></p><p>Same. I recommend using the "keep warm" setting on your oven &/or slow cooker if you don't have a warming drawer on your oven.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goya81o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Delphavis</a></p><p>Gotta make sure you do all of the prep and measuring things out before starting to cook. Nothing like having to run into the pantry 10 minutes in to get something and throwing you off.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AlienatedAstronaut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AlienatedAstronaut</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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...So We Don't All Just Stuff It In A Drawer?
<p>Folding a fitted sheet</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxtwel?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Momonthecoast</a></p><p>Ok so here's the move. Stick ya hands in a corner, any two corners, bring em together, and just skdjgnskakzhe real fast in a circular motion. Condensed ball of sheet, more than acceptable.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxvk9s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">memetimeboiiii</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not Following This One...
<p>I still can't put on a bra without putting it on backwards to do the clasp. I'm incapable.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxgrmr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">BustyNat</a></p><p>Is this not how we all do it?</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goy9vka?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">8675309fromthebl0ck</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Tripping Over Your Doing-Things-In-Front-Of-Other-People Feet
<p>Are other people around? Watching you? Judging you? Waiting for you to do something? </p><p>That's the worst, isn't it?<br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How Do Talk Good?
<p>How to socialize in groups of new people. I'm ok with socializing, just not in a setting where I don't know anyone.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxj6v9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Magnolia120</a></p>Me No Speaky That Good Linguistics?
<p>Talking to people. "Smalltalk."</p><p>I'm fine with people I already know, or have lots in common with, can talk for 10 hours a day about nothing. but when it comes to strangers?</p><p>what the hell is going on. why are you talking to me, what do you want. please just be direct. I don't want to play mind games. i don't want to guess what your intentions are. just tell me. how can i help you? drives me insane.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxb0pp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Spread-Smiles</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Circle It Back, Keep It At A 45 Degree Angle, And You've Bumped The Curb
<p>Parallel parking. It's not that I can't do it, it's that I can't do it if <em>anybody else is around</em> (usually the case if you're parallel parking, in my experience).</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxevm2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">stfupcakes</a></p><p>I can't do it and I refuse to try if there is anything solid that I could hit in the vicinity...trash can, cone, other car, etc. Add an audience and it's a double nope.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goy6g31?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">SaltyA--SnowQueen</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Life Is Hard, Huh?
<p>Then there are those like skills that don't compute, no matter how much you try. Things that seem everyday simple for everyone else, yet, for some reason, your brain functions just don't match up to what you're trying to do.</p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Feel The Rhythm In Your Fee-And You're On The Floor
<p>Dancing. </p><p>My body just can't coordinate with my scumbag brain to be able to dance.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxh1lg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">ZiggerTheNaut</a></p><p>Same. It's awful. Sometimes when I'm alone I'll try to dance and just feel the music. It FEELS awkward and awful. I can't even imagine how it looks.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goybik0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Hazel4292</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Just Put Your Hands On The Floor Nice And-Now You're On The Floor, Too
<p>F-cking cartwheels. </p><p>How did every girl at school know how to do them?! I was like, hell no. I'm gonna break my neck. That was when I was like seven. Now I am 30. Same stance.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goyc2ub?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">GorpQuest</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Put Your Lips Together, And...
<p>I can't whistle.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxcasw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">Bandejita</a></p><p>Whisper the letter Q in English to yourself. Notice the whistly part of the letter, keep experimenting with how your lips are puckered at that moment and how you blow the air out. Keep doing that.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goyd4ib?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">sarabichat</a></p>And Here We Have The-OW!
<p>Detecting the presence of a coffee table without using my shin</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxvwxb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Cantankerous_Won</a></p><p>Yeeeeeep. Add in super pale skin + anemia and you're left with perpetually black and blue shins. Hawt. ๐คฆ๐ผโ๏ธ</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goyadz5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">memetimeboiiii</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How Awful...
<p>Being able to fall asleep during the day for a power nap. I just can't. My brain won't settle down.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goxqmks?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">AyakaNatsuki</a></p><p>If I'm going to nap it's a 3 hour process for me. My wife can power nap in 15 minutes, but it takes me that long just to go to sleep.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ltdfay/what_is_a_common_skill_you_just_cant_seem_to/goyjh4l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Frosti-Feet</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Be patient. Take your time. Listen to people who know more than you do. You can always learn something new, no matter how late in life you've started.</p><p>Except for cartwheels. Those probably have an expiration date on when your hips can handle them.<br></p><p><em>Want to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </em></p>
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Women Break Down The Things Men Do That Aren't Nearly As Attractive As They Think They Are
February 25 | 2021
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Being a man is tricky, isn't it?
<p>While it seems like it's easy on the outside, there's no rulebook for how to properly behave for women we're interested in. As such, this means a lot of the times men will act in wild, sometimes innappropriate ways, to attract a woman who's just not at all interested in what we're presenting. </p><p>And they're willing to tell us.<br></p><p>Reddit user, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Stalagmyte/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">u/Stalagmyte</a>, wanted to know where men make missteps when they asked:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/?sort=top" target="_blank">Ladies, what's not as attractive or sexy as men think it is?</a></em></p>
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Puffing Out Your Chest
<p>Confidence comes from within. If you're aware of your self-worth and your own power, there's no need to ever speak it out to the world. The world will recognize it naturally. So if you're running your mouth like these guys, then you might be in trouble.<br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Throwing Around Your Pennies
<p>Money? Not like having a good salary, that's a good thing I guess but not always necessary. But useless display of money is, for me, so unattractive. I think the biggest turn off is men talking about their finance on first dates and/or making huge effort to make sure I'm aware of the price of their car, their clothes, etc. Make me feel like I'm just another thing they think they can buy.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnutb82?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Next_Winter</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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If You Have To Say It, You're Not
<p>Telling me that you're an "alpha". It makes you come across as an insecure loser.</p><p>It also reminds me of that line Tywin Lannister says to Joffrey in GoT: "A man who has to say 'I am the King!' is no true king", or something.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnvkrno?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">mistress-eve</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Confidence Does Not Equal Bragging
<p>Bragging? </p><p>I guess when it turns to smugness, it's really unattractive. I like confidence, not bold declarations of your a--holery.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnuss7o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">TheSilverCrystal</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"Wanna See Me Do 17 Push-Ups Right Now??"
<p>Playing the macho man. </p><p>Or playing the 'fake dom'. Just relax and try to make us laugh.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnu606h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">You_Artistic</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Having Feelings In The Wrong Direction
<p>As men, we're never given proper role models who show us how to correctly manage our feelings. </p><p>This definitely shows.<br></p>You Need Some Feelings To Feel
<p>Being a jerk or being cold and unaffectionate</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnu1zkf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">OhYeaMrKrabzz</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"We Know Everything!"
<p>I knew this one guy in college who would make wild assumptions about women off of a small comment of theirs, probably with good intentions to connect with them and show he's paying attention, but they would be never be right and it put all of us off immediately.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Example: My girl friend: "Man, I'm not excited for this Biology test on Monday" Him: "Oh, so science doesn't make a lot of sense to you?" Girl: "No...no, that's my major. I was just saying how early the test is." Him: "Oh, so you hate mornings? You're a complete night owl, I called it." Her: "Again, not exactly..."</p><p>And repeat for 20 minutes or so until the girl usually snuck away.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnuv4wg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">saminfullcolor</a></p>
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Making A Misstep In The Romance Department
<p>Romance isn't easy for anyone, but if you're pulling your romance tips from the worst part of the internet, then maybe reconsider your idols.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Whoosh-Whoosh-Whoosh-Whoosh
<p>The d!ckcopter. </p><p>Though hilarious, it has no seductive qualities. Keep doing it though.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnvb07b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">eatpant96</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Don't Be That Dude
<p>To me, huge bodybuilder muscles. </p><p>And d-ck pics.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnu3vtw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">justagirlfromtexas</a></p><p>ESPECIALLY when they're unsolicited...dude, nobody needs to see that without permission first</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnu4woh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Stalagmyte</a></p>"Because It's Not Manly."
<p>Not knowing or refusing to do/learn basic life skills like cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, grocery shopping, being financially responsible, etc. I am not your mother!</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lma6pg/ladies_whats_not_as_attractive_or_sexy_as_men/gnubvav?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">bookandmusical_lover</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>It sounds cliche, but being yourself is always the best way to go. Don't oversell yourself, don't try to be something you're not, and for the love of all that is holy, never send an unsolicited d-ck pic.<br></p><p><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">โWant to "know" more? Never miss another big, odd, funny, or heartbreaking moment again. Sign up for the Knowable newsletter <a href="https://mailchi.mp/knowable/knowable-newsletter-in-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </em></p>
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People Describe The Weirdest Thing Someone Has Ever Gotten Angry At Them For
February 24 | 2021
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You don't know what kind of day a person is having.
<p>They could have received some terrible news that morning or maybe they managed to hit every single red light on the way to work. A little bit of understanding could go a long way in helping bridge the gap between someone who's maybe a little off. However, there's never any excuse for behavior like the stories being told below.</p><p>Reddit user, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Oddities420/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">u/Oddities420</a>, wanted to hear what people got furious at you for:</p><p><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/?sort=top" target="_blank">What is the weirdest thing someone has gotten angry at you for?</a></em></p>
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Not In The Workplace
<p>Seems like there's a lot of hostility at work, where people can easily be on edge to hit deadlines or make sure a task is finished properly. While professionalism is always appreciated, let's not forgive these people as they seem like really big jerks.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How Dare You Help People??
<p>I got reprimanded at work for putting a homeless employee up in a hotel for a few days, after we had to fire him, so he could get life together. </p><p>I used my own money and they still wrote me up.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godqk04?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">CertainlyAmbivalent</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Taking The Hit For Someone Else
<p>I was working with someone on some rather expensive equipment. We were to do a task they had a well documented procedure. The guy I was working with "knew better" and the procedure wasn't any good. I had used the procedure hundreds of times but I opted to let the person show me their way, figuring maybe they knew something I didn't.</p><p>We did it their way and their way was bad. I explained it to them that it was bad. I discussed with them that I used the procedure in that city on multiple times and everything was great. Nope, they knew better so I just came along for the ride.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Well after about 5 days, this person had f-cked everything up to the point other people noticed the degradation. We were called in and asked if we knew what was going on. I simply said yes and explained we weren't following the procedure. We get lectured and I take my scolding. After it was done, I turned to my partner and asked if they were ready to listen yet?</p><p>After that they refused to work with me and filed a complaint about me with my supervisor. On the plus side, I never worked with them again after that.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godsv89?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">slider728</a></p>
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I Was Just Offering Help...
<p>I once offered a colleague help because she was struggling. She went flipping psycho at me, telling me I was a f-cking prick etc etc. Our manager called us into her office and told me she didn't care who's fault it was and that I needed to apologize. I told her that this was indicative of her poor management style.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godv88a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">mrpooks</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Tricks Of Romance
<p>Being in a relationship is hard enough, opening yourself up and revealing your deepest darkest feelings to a significant other. However, what happens when someone snaps?</p>Whoa, Way To Shoot Yourself In The Foot
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godvttu/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>I (F) was sitting in a bar once and my friend (also F) struck up a chat with the guy sitting next to her for like 5 min. As the two of them were mildly flirty I was just sort of half-listening in on their convo and kinda on my phone not really paying attention. So anyway, this guy and the guy he was sitting next to (his friend) go to leave and as they are walking out, the friend gets in my face about what a B!TCH I am and I think I'm SO HOT and I didn't even SPEAK to him and didn't ask him a single QUESTION about HIMSELF and I am SO SELFISH and so SELF ABSORBED because I think I'm SO HOT and I'm actually REALLY UGLY and NOT THAT PRETTY anyway!!!</p><p>My friend and I just stared at him like ๐๐๐ until they left and then we burst out laughing.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godvttu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">libramo0n</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Really Should Have Been The First Time
<p>My ex girlfriend got mad at me for catching her cheat/send nudes to another guy twice.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/goe8hno?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Long-Worldliness2650</a></p><p>To be fair, you really should have only caught her once.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/goeyo07?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">SaltyPopcornColonel</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"I Want You To Want To Do The Dishes."
<p>Doing the dishes with the wrong motivation. </p><p>Apparently I should do the dishes because it brings me personal fulfillment, not because I do it to make the other person happy. It was very odd to me.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/goefdpm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">FoxFireLyre</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Then There's The Other Times...
<p>You're going about your day, minding your own business, then suddenly, BOOM! Someone decides you seem like the best person to take all their frustrations out on.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Maybe Get That Person Out Of A Classroom?
<p>I was in special needs as a child in elementary and I had a hard time using things like pencils or scissors until I was a teenager. In Kindergarten, my class colored and cut out pictures of turkeys for thanksgiving. My teacher walked over to my desk and yelled at me in front of everyone complaining how poorly I cut out my turkey. She yelled at a child IN SPECIAL NEEDS. The teacher forced me to redo my picture while all the other kids got to read with her. It was almost two decades ago and it still pisses me off.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godwwp0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">mle7030</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Maybe Get Better Friends?
<p>One time my friend called me drunkenly at 2 or 3 a.m. to try to get me to confess I was sexually attracted to women because 'everyone is bisexual'. I'm not. For some reason this angered him. He went on and on, getting louder and louder, until he was yelling at me about my sexual preference. I hung up on him.</p><p>We aren't friends anymore because there were a <em>lot</em> of drunk phone calls like this.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/godx1dk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Instar5</a></p>Maybe I DON'T EVEN WORK HERE
<p>A lady got mad at me because I wasn't an employee at a store. I was in after work getting groceries and had my badge on and she assumed I worked there. </p><p>She tried to lecture me about taking my badge off.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/goe0nb3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">gaybatman75-6</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Maybe I Don't Even Know Anymore...
<p>I live in a house with 3 other people and we all rent rooms. Once I got to know them I said to one of them "you can probably let your cats out of your room now that we all know each other" and then I got yelled at for 15 minutes about how I need to shut the f-ck up and not tell people how to take care of their animals and she knows what the f-ck shes doing with her cats... so that was neat</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lpz6j0/what_is_the_weirdest_thing_someone_has_gotten/goe2ke1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">Gauge117</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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