- graduated high school and college without ever taking a dedicated biology or chemistry class.
- never broken a bone.
- never stung by a (live) bee (have stepped on a dead one, though).
- can’t say “never” any more, but I was into my 40s before ever having my blood drawn.
- have smelled, but have never even seen marijuana, let alone smoked any.
How could you tell the bee was dead when you stepped on it and not killed by you stepping on it?
I didn’t even see it. My brother, unhelpfully, said it had been there a while. We were pretty young, so I never questioned it. Maybe I should have.
You murderer.
How did you make it to your 40s without ever having bloodwork done?
I’ve never been stung by a bee either! I’ve had a wasp get me a few times but bees and I have a unspoken truce, I guess. We have carpender bees all around our house and my wife hates them but I enjoy watching them have those valiant mid-air dog fights. Those little bastards can scrap. They never bother or dive bomb me but sometimes they get curious and kinda hover around me, presumably doing a bee’s version of a vibe check. I dont run or swat at them and they just peace out after maybe 15-20 seconds and then ignore me next time Im outside in “their” territory. … My wife on the other hand, swats, screams and runs from them and they’ll straight up go after her. She clearly does not pass the vibe check. It’s wild.
but I was into my 40s before ever having my blood drawn.
What? You never went to hospital?
Nope.
First blood draw was just shy of 43yo, and that was for a new life insurance policy, so it was a contract nurse in my own living room.
I have become more familiar with the hospital recently, however.
I’ve never broken a bone but I think I’ve had about 60 stitches in total
I’ve broken several. Cannot recommend it, in fact it is quite unpleasant.
But if you had to pick, which was your favorite?
Nose, because the other three I’ve broken all made me unable to use an arm for a while and it is fucking infuriating to try to put socks on with only one hand every morning
Big toe first, over to little toe, then go underneath and pull towards the heel.
oh shit really?
Don’t believe random people on the internet! Get a hammer or a tall ledge and find out yourself
I’ve fractured plenty but never had a complete break. Fractures still suck though.
Never broke a bone club!
The only bone I’ve ever broken was my sternum. I couldn’t do sports for several weeks but had no cast or anything to show off. I could only sit there and let my body do the healing.
Same, except I’ve counted my stitches: 102
I’ve never been to a concert, that seems to be one that people find bizarre
Do you live in or near a big metropolitan area? If so you can probably fulfill this one within the month depending on how broad your musical tastes are. Some shows are prohibitively expensive, but a lot of smaller ones are remarkably affordable.
Edit: I myself enjoy a decently broad range of music. One of my favorite types of concerts, though, is when the local symphony puts on a movie and they play the soundtrack. These are really fun because you get to go to a symphony concert but if you get bored you can watch a movie!
Just sad. My stepsons had never been to a concert and my kids thought that was crazy because I had brought them to shows since they were babies. Like, I can remember my first show but they can’t. They all love music now.
I love music but I’ve just never been, if someone invited me sure I’d go, but other than that not sure why I would want to. At this point I’m probably getting too old for that crowd anyway
As a show goes that loves to vibe towards the back, I encourage you to go.
Shows are great. You don’t need to fight crowds, be up front, or dance if you don’t want to. I prefer small shows, usually at bars. But even large stadium shows have an energy that’s hard to describe.
We would invite you, and never too old! I go by myself sometimes too, that is also fun. Can just listen to the music without having to socialize. Live music is just one of the best things ever.
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I’ve never watched a football/soccer match. Sure I’ve seen some guys running on a field in the news, or sat in a bar with some screen in the background. But I have never watched a match in person either and have no interest in doing so.
I’ve never watched a hockey match, which is our local religion.
WHAT
I’ve played hockey. You can’t touch me, the covenant still holds.
Damn, you win this round
I don’t like or watch hockey but I won tickets to a Canucks game once. It was pretty cool. My favourite part was the timbits team or whatever and it was just a bunch of like 4 and 5 year olds falling all over the ice at half time.
I’ve never had a headache which wasn’t the direct result of hitting my head or a hangover.
I am half convinced people’s “random” headaches are all fake and humanity has just kind of silently agreed that “the headache” will be a socially acceptable way to back out of minorly annoying but otherwise low stakes obligations.
Edit - does this mean I win the thread?
I never had one until I was 17 and woke up with a crushing migraine, puking and crying. Those continued (not frequent but crazy intense) until I got pregnant, a pause each time I was. Menopause didn’t stop them (so disappointing) but menopause plus low dose hormones has pretty much done the trick.
But I’ve never had a “regular” headache, like a tension headache. Only migraine, hangover, sinus.
What I wanted to say though is that you are so lucky if your head never hurts, like hurts so infrequently that you think people are faking it. It’s a terrible place to hurt.
My coworkers are always surprised when they first learn that I didn’t even finish high school. I work with people who are mostly highly educated. Most with masters degrees, a few with bachelor’s and doctorates. While they were studying, I was geeking out over some project that I did just for fun. Turns out that the skills I ended up with were exactly what my career for the past 15 years needs.
Nice! I kind of know how you feel. I’ve studied to be a machinist, now I’m an enterprise architect.
I’ve never had a fever.
Does your name happen to be David?
Bullshit. You would never have survived infancy.
I can’t decide if that’s good or bad.
I dunno either! I rarely get sick though so shrug
Bad. If you’ve never had a fever, check for AIDS, and not the peanut butter kind.
Yes you have.
Never have I ever intentionally shoplifted anything from a store.
intentionally
My clients accidentally shoplifted a can of tuna.
Are all of your clients cats or just that one?
Just dese too yoots.
(It’s a reference to the courtroom dramedy film My Cousin Vinny, in which two innocent boys from New York driving throuth Alabama stop at a convenience store for groceries, one has so much food he’s carrying he sticks a can of tuna in his pocket, forgets about it by the time he gets to the register, realizes it’s in his pocket after they leave, and are then arrested for first degree murder. Joe Pesci ensues.)
Ah, of course! It has been far too long since I’ve watched My Cousin Vinny and I shall take this as a sign that it’s time.
I seriously have accidentally stolen something before.
Me too, should we start a community for accidental criminals?
Edit to add: I accidentally shoplifted shoelaces. I put them in the breast pocket of my shirt while looking for a few other things in the store. I think I left without buying anything at all.
Mine was worse. Had a CD in my hand, that should be enough of an indicator this was long ago, and browsing around the store. Well, I saw a bunch of my friends just left so I ran to catch up with them and luckily theb security alarm didn’t go off. 10 mins later I realized what was in my hand. 😬
You should, though.
When I was a young teen I did this a few times because my friends were doing it but those memories are shameful now.
Never had sex with anyone but my wife. Met her at 17. Now approaching 40.
That’s hard to imagine.
In my mid-40s and never have gotten a cavity.
I’m 38, I’ve had a few cavities, but somehow never a proper cavity search.
You should ask your TSA agent the next time youre at an american airport
38 here, same. The only dental work I’ve had done was orthodontics.
Likewise. I had braces twice, a bunch of baby teeth, all wisdom teeth and 2 permanent teeth pulled because my “mouth was too small”. I have some fucked up dreams but the scariest ones are those where my teeth are loose or falling out. I think I have dental PTSD…
Not many people can say that. You must pay a lot of attention to your brushing.
Someone can feel free to correct me but I’ve read that it’s also partly genetic.
And exposure to fluoride! Fluoride makes strong teeth!
It has to be genetic. My partner brushes AND flosses and I’ve never flossed and had a period of my life raving and staying over places without a toothbrush. Brushing sometimes. I’m in my late 30s and have never had a cavity. They are 30 and have had lots of them.
Well I have a college degree, so people find it funny I never technically graduated high school. Did enough classes to qualify for graduation then ran away halfway through the year and never looked back. I was already enrolled at the college in an arts program so they didn’t ask for the certificate. It didn’t matter until I tried to get a job in a bureaucracy in my 40s and they wanted evidence of high school diploma. Which I didn’t have.
God I hated high school.
I got tossed sophomore year, and got my GED later.
I graduated with a B.S. in engineering a few years ago.
I know them feels
Never learned to ride a bicycle.
Heyo, me too! I tried as a kid and busted my knee when I fell off, and gave it up.
I’ve been afraid of falling since I was very very young, so that’s what led me to never want to ride :)
Do you mean other people wouldn’t believe we’ve never done it or that they wouldn’t believe us if we said we did due to being so associated with never having done it?
The former
People often don’t believe I never went to vocal therapy or anything. Some people are skeptical of my NZ accent since I’m not anywhere where it’s common and ask if it’s artificial. If anything, it actually used to sound more Maori-ish, but certain neurological symptoms when I was little caused it to Kiwify. People think I’m just attention-seeking by having an accent I never asked for.
I’ve never seen a human being other than through glass
Lifetime glasses wearer?
Nah, they’re an alien. Probably been to a human zoo or something.
Take me to your Cheetos
You’re gonna have to explain that one.
