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

  • dgilluly@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 days ago

    Learning React JS or at least a bit of it.

    Didn’t realize until recently that since I knew a bit of HTML, CSS, and vanilla JS that it wasn’t like learning a new language. It was essentially like learning a new way to mix aspects from all three.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 days ago

      Had that happen in an elevator. Elevator call boxes have a phone line for emergencies.

      RING!
      (pushes button)
      “Hello?”
      “Hello, who is this?”
      “This is an elevator.”
      “No, seriously, who is this?”
      “No, seriously, this is an elevator.”
      (Everyone in the elevator starts laughing)
      “OMG… this really is an elevator!”
      “Well, yeah, that’s what I told you.”
      “How are you talking to me?”
      “The call box started ringing so I pushed the button.”
      “Um, OK, can you hang up now?”
      “Well, there’s no real phone, just a button and a speaker, so I think you have to hang up.”
      (CLICK)

    • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
      7·
      9 days ago

      In a public school that had is own number, a harmless prank people used to pull was to dial the payphone’s own number then immediately hang up and dash off. It would then ring and confuse the person who was nearest.

    • rudyharrelson@lemmy.radioEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      This happened to me one time like 15 years ago. I was sitting on a bench and a pay phone next to me started ringing. I picked it up and the local police department was on the other end.

      They said they’d gotten a 911 call from this number. I said this was a pay phone and they were like, “Oh. Are there like, any kids or teenagers around?”

      I looked around. There was a big group of teenagers maybe 30ft from where I was sitting. “Yep, there’s a few nearby.”

      They said, “It was probably them. But we’re gonna send someone by just to make sure everything’s okay.”

      A few minutes later a cop came by and asked if I was the person they spoke to on the phone. “Yep.” He looked around and verified there was no emergency and then left.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

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

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    15·
    9 days ago

    I ended up with the absolute worst shopping buggy in the store, constantly clacking and hanging up. I found it was somehow much easier to push backwards…

    People looked at me funny, but hey, if it seems stupid but works, it’s not stupid.

    • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
      1·
      9 days ago

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

    • flubba86@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 days ago

      Did you work out where the drier puts them? Every load, two matching socks go in, but when I unload them there’s either; just one sock, or two different socks.

      • lilmo037@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        There is a pocket dimension, just behind the lint filter. I use one of those grabbers to fish socks out and I toss back ones that aren’t mine.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
        1·
        9 days ago

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

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    9 days ago

    In line with your submission, I kept a Bic pen from brand new to absolutely gone. It took years, but I’m not exactly jotting down notes all day.

    Now I carry a nub of a carpenter’s pencil with me and I’m much happier.

  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
    6·
    8 days ago

    I personally have finished three chapsticks from top to bottom.

    That’s easy. I did that this weekend!

    (using them correctly, not eating them.)

    Oh. Uh. Nevermind.

  • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
    5·
    9 days ago

    I can place my hands in front of my chest and make circles, hands going in opposite directions.

    • derekabutton@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      In the last few years I’ve finished a dozen or so. In college I used about 1 pen per semester from start to finish in the same way. I tend to use nail clippers until they are dull, too.

      I leave a chapstick (Burt’s bees) at my desk at home and another in the pants I go out with (which moves to new pants with my wallet as necessary). Hard to lose things when I have a system, I guess.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      3·
      8 days ago

      I was watching a friend who was trying to get all the blue mage spells and I was baffled my his level of dedication. I didn’t even unlock that class…

      I know RPGs are grindy sometimes, but X-2 wasn’t enjoyable to me, at all. 2/10, more Rikku.

      I admire your dedication.

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    3·
    9 days ago

    I can consistently separate the chocolate from both waffles without breaking any of them with Hanutas. And I can do the same for Prinzenrolle but with slightly less consistency. The latter are more dependend on temperature.