Mine is that I pour the milk before the cereal. people are always extremely confused by that.
When I make coffee in the morning I put in one packet of pink sweetener, then half sugarfree liquid creamer and half milk then microwave it for 30 seconds to bring it back up to temp. And sometimes a splash of a Torani flavor for absolutely no reason. Could I just use a little more creamer instead of the sweetener? Sure. Could I use even more creamer and NO milk? Sure, I guess. I just enjoy mad scientisting my coffee. Wife just sighs and gets out of my way in the kitchen.
You could microwave the additives first and then add the coffee
What is pink sweetener? What is creamer? What is torani? I feel like I don’t even know what “coffee” is anymore!
Here’s all three.
Sweet n low is bad for ya btw
Thanks! …and what are they?
The first one is artificial sweetener in small sachets. Second is liquid that is also a (sugar free) sweetener but has the appearance of milk - many use it instead of milk because it acts as both. The third is a flavoring that is specifically designed for coffees, it’s what you get when you buy an eg white chocolate flavored coffee at a drive thru or Starbucks. They splash some of this flavor in.
Huh, weird. Thanks!
a friend of mine will eat the whole sunflower seed including the shell. This confuses me.
She’s telling you, “No Anal”
I boil eggs with just half an inch of water in a pot and the lid on.
Set a timer to 6 minutes when the water starts to boil and they come out perfect every time.I sigh loudly. Not vocally, but I take in a deep breath and then release it quickly. It’s a tension release to me kinda like yawning but everyone around me seems to think I’m upset or frustrated when I do it.
I do the exact same thing. Back in highschool people used to point it out or look at me weird or assume I was upset. My boyfriend asks me “What’s wrong?” and I respond with “Uhh…nothing?”
I’ve done it for as long as I can remember and it feels like it relaxes my nerves.
Ever since we were graced with COVID-19, I frequently find myself taking deep breaths and exhaling as you described just to see if my lung function feels right. Realizing now that I don’t even need to be infected with COVID-19 for it to have a significant impact on my mental health.
Me too!
I hate it!
I sigh normally for the same reason, and people react similarly.
As someone who is pathologically repulsed by soggy cereal, I am with you, comrade.
There are actually cereal bowls that have two separated sides. Milk goes in one side and dry cereal in the other. You scoop dry cereal, dip in the milk, and every bite is as crunchy as the first.
I don’t listen to anything while driving
I’d go crazy if I were trapped alone with just my thoughts for that long.
Never taken transit? (Without some headphone device.)
We’ll that’s when I’m on social media…
No motion sickness?
No, motion sickness.
That’s why I’m doing it. I think it’s healthy to sometimes take time to just sit with your thoughts and be bored. I find driving to be a good moment to do this. For the same reason I’ve decided to not use my phone when queuing either.
This is highly relatable to me as I’ve gotten older. I find it more concerning that others can’t live with their own thoughts and feel it’s necessary to drown them out with constant noise.
I’ve been doing that for many years to the point that people don’t like to drive with me. Actually kinda nice since most people would rather just drive than ride with me
I’ve had several people comment on the way I tie my shoelaces. I can’t even remember how to do it the “normal” way, but I use that knot that takes about half a second where you make both loops at once and pull them through each other.
I’ve been doing that for ~15 years and almost no one has commented on it :<
That’s a better knot as well. Holds together better comes apart without risking turning into a small tight knot and is balanced to keep one lace from getting more fatigued.
It’s the same knot (square knot) unless you’re comparing it to someone who ties their shoes wrong.
Edit: also, the quick-tie knot OP is talking about is called Ian Knot or Ian’s Knot. It’s a square knot but tied faster.
Either a square knot or a “granny” knot will work. A lot of people don’t know the difference, but it’s actually a pretty important distinction in different types of rigging because a square knot is so much stronger and more secure.
Granny knot will come untied easily so it only kind of works. Most people who use granny style probably double it up because they get sick of re-tying their shoes all day.
I knew about square knots from when I was a kid but didn’t make the connection between those and shoelaces until much later in life. My hands still aren’t used to reversing one direction from something I’d been doing my entire life.
I guess I should be better at it by now but I rarely wear shoes tight enough to require tying them. Maybe that’s my weird thing for this thread.
The risk of the knot becoming a real knot (it’s more like a pair of slip knots normally) is from the loose end winding up going through one of the loops before you pull it. If you pull the one that went through the loop, you get a tight knot. If you pull the other one, it won’t be so tight. And that can still happen with this improved method.
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm
Also relevant: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.htm
I used to triple knot my shoes and they would still come untied. Then I switched to the ian knot, and my shoes haven’t come untied by themselves in forever.
I’m gonna try that, thanks
I’ve always disliked tieing my shoes but I just made myself learn this knot and I love it
I only tie my shoes the first time I wear them. Double knot it and just slip-on/off.
Heathen.
I did that knot in front of a shoe saleswoman and she commented she had never seen anyone do that before. Asked me to show her again how I did it.
That’s probably better knot anyway. Most people don’t even realize they tie their shoes with a so called granny knot. The loops are supposed to sit horizontally, not vertically or at 45 degree angle.
Mmmm, not really. It’s better for round laces, but the regular knot holds better in general.
My point was that many, if not most people do the regular knot wrong.
Ah, yes that’s true.
I do that with round laces, it’s much better for them than the standard. Tried showing it to my Dad once, and he could not wrap his head around it.
Yours is apparently the proper way.
I prefer eating only with the spoon. I’d even cut meat with it if it’s soft enough
Here comes the airplane.
Are you my wife? I swear she has some kind of pathological aversion to forks.
I do this as well, but with a fork.
I wonder if there’s anyone eating knife only?
Sometimes I eat an apple with a knife only, slicing pieces and sticking them in my mouth with it.
I wonder if there’s anyone eating knife only?
Mercenaries that try to intimidate people?
The three untenseers. We’d be unstoppable.
That’s not even strange, the spoon is just the perfect utensil.
I like eating lemons, I’ve had a few today
Your dentist will love you.
How do you eat them? Like orange wedges?
I microwave rice or noodles with water to make them perfect.
That isn’t normal? I thought that was common leftovers knowledge, lol
Leftovers maybe, but I’m referring to the first time cooking it. I’ve had lots of strange looks for it.
The bag of medium grain rice i have had microwave instructions on it. I hate using a microwave so I’ve never done it but seems like you aren’t alone
I need some more info on this. So you have uncooked rice and put it with with water in the microwave to cook it?
Yeah so I take a microwave safe bowl. Two cups of rice, and four cups of water. Microwave on high for ten minutes, stir it. Another ten minutes depending on how it looks. Comes out perfect most of the time. I have the best results with Jasmine rice but it works with regular too.
I do five minutes on high, 12-15 on medium.
It only takes me 18 minutes on the stove top. How can the microwave take longer?
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using a microwave is the only way I can actually cook rice perfectly. I don’t own a rice cooker and stovetop is just a sticky mess
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When people often text me or call to make sure plans are still on, it has the weird effect of making me no longer want to go. I’m introverted, but if I make plans I will be there. So it sort of opens the door for me to cancel for some reason.
I noticed certain people will either change the time or day (or forget the confirmed time, or that they already initially set a time and seem to randomly change to what works for them without updating others and accuse like everyone else had the wrong time) or cancel without telling others. So those people I check to see if it’s still on and reconfirm the time even up to an hour before the meet up. I usually give up on a person who does that as it’s emotionally exhausting to constantly coordinate around a changing target. I get enough of that at my job.
In the case of my wife’s family, if we make plans, most of them are guaranteed to show up late. We’ve made it a habit to plan things for 30 minutes to an hour before we actually want to start because we know they’ll be late. Being a veteran, it drives me crazy. If I’m not a few minutes early, I feel like I’m late.
Aah the South American timezones difference lol
I’ve made these arrangements many times with friends. To the point that I’d adjust different times for different friends.
The downside there’s always the new one that shows up on time when you’re still in the couch before having changes clothes
When I eat pie, I eat it in layers: 1st the top crust or topping, then the filling, then the crust.
Brits seem to really love when I heavily salt tea and heat it in the microwave. I top it off by saying “Cheerio! Pip pip!” in my best southern drawl.
Don’t know why…
I think they’re amused at the person rather than the action. There’s a better chance of finding rocking horse shit than a Brit truly saying “Pip, Pip”, unless they’re from the US or an actor in a 1950’s black and white WW2 themed budget film.
I had a friend who used to say “pip pip”. I also think you missed the joke.
I set my clocks on 24 hour time. Usually gets a comment when they see it.
Same here. I sometimes get momentarily confused when I see 12-hour digital clocks now…
It kinda bugs my wife, but I still prefer it to 12 hour. My car, my time format.
'Murica
I do the exact opposite. I think 12h clock is the only way of measuring things americans got right.
My job uses 24h/UTC time a lot. Love the 24h time, everything I can set to it that I use is on that format. Can’t set the coffee machine or microwave to 24h time.
UTC? Hate it. Too much math that changes with the time change and your time zone to get to UTC. Thankfully wearables and phones will often let you have multiple clocks visible.
Started doing this since my very first watch. 24 hours in a day, why cut it in half? What is 12am or 12pm idk which is afternoon or midnight
I finally managed to learn am/pm after working with brits for years, but every time they said “after midnight, past midday” as if it made it easier to remember, I just responded with “after midday, past midnight”
I remember it as the _M changes the moment it hits 12. So if the rest of the day is PM, the moment it hits 12(for noon) it swaps to PM. In the same way, the moment it hits midnight, it swaps to the morning hours of AM.
Wtf does this mean. I’m so confused. Somebody please explain
13h is pm, but sometimes people are confusef about 12h00 tops! If 12h01 is pm then 12h00 is pm too, or as said, as fast as it’s 12 it switches.
If clocks had been invented by computer scientists, there would be no 12, it would be 0.
“after midnight, past midday”
AM, PM. It actually means ante meridiem and post meridiem, Latin for “Before Noon” and “After Noon,” but the above also works and is in English.
Latin for “Before Noon” and “After Noon,”
I’m going to start using BN and AN, just to confuse people.
It’s terrible as a mnemonic though. “After” and “post” both mean the same thing, and the other words both start by M.
I don’t think they’re confused by times like 1pm.
At least for my brain, 12pm and 12am are the sticking points.
As you note, pm is Latin for after noon, yet we call noon 12pm. Noon isn’t anymore after itself than it is before itself. Neither makes any sense.
With 12am, we generally seem to think about midnight as the end of the day, even though it’s really the start of the new day. The Latin isn’t confusing here, but the numbers get real weird. We start the day counting at 12:00, go up to 12:59, and then reset the count to 1 an hour in? Our 12h clocks are split between being 0-indexed, and a weird variant of modulus 12.
I’m clearly overthinking things, but I don’t always immediately remember which 12 is which. Latin doesn’t help.
With 00 it’s clear which time we’re talking about, and which calendar date it’s part of. It’s also the easiest way to sort out which 12 gets mislabeled what.
TIL people have to learn how to count the 24 hours in a day as 24 rather than 12x2.
I still have to think twice when someone says something about single digit hours and somehow mean afternoon. We even have an expression in my language for the nightly hours after midnight, they are called ”little hours”.
French here, you can come viqit anytime and the only thing we might notice is that you’re using clocks the right way ™ :D
This is anti-confusing.
The real art is doing it with an old grandfather clock.
Ive dated a few Filipina women over the years. When its my turn to cook, I’ll sometimes add a packet of onion soup mix to the rice cooker. Its delicious, but it triggers their FauxCD because its just wrong.
You get a turn to cook?! My Filipina just about kicks me out of the kitchen.
Delicious.
What typ of supe mix? powder, gopy, the little cube thing?
The packet of powder with some dried onion flakes in it. Works well enough. I’ve also used the leftover broth from a roast.
