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What “normal” thing can’t you do?

204 replies

Soubriquet · 18/07/2022 18:41

I can’t click my fingers. I’ve tried many years but I can’t click.

I can whistle. Not very well but I can.

I cannot touch my toes without bending my knees. Never been able to

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SwedishEdith · 18/07/2022 21:29

How old are all the "can't do a handstand or cartwheel" people? Surely there's comes a time when you just stop doing them anyway?

I can't swim. Simply don't believe all the float to survive stuff as hate that feeling of water lapping over your face. I'd have to try to wipe it away so would unbalance, panic and die.

Riverlee · 18/07/2022 21:34

@SwedishEdith Not an age thing. Never was able to do them as a child either.

Grimoven · 18/07/2022 21:35

I cant write in a strict libe nor can I draw in a straight line.
Cant copy a sequence of numbers in the correct order.
Cant remember how to order a repeat prescription after 40 years and the doctor won't send meds automatically as requested.
Rubbish with IT ans useless with sport, just don't get it at all.

LisaSimpson77 · 18/07/2022 21:42

Oh just thought of something else, you know those "prove you're not a robot" verification things?
Click on the squares that contain traffic lights etc,..
I frequently have to have 3 or 4 tries or get my 9 year old to do it.
I'm beginning to suspect that this means I am a robot!!

Ohmydayssilleople · 18/07/2022 21:44

Pronounce Sauvignon Blanc 🤦‍♀️

Idroppedthescrewinthetuna · 18/07/2022 21:44

LisaSimpson77 · 18/07/2022 21:42

Oh just thought of something else, you know those "prove you're not a robot" verification things?
Click on the squares that contain traffic lights etc,..
I frequently have to have 3 or 4 tries or get my 9 year old to do it.
I'm beginning to suspect that this means I am a robot!!

Are you super careful? If you are and always click dead centre you will be classes as a robot! It also looks for natural variations where you press.

3amAndImStillAwake · 18/07/2022 21:44

Blow up balloons

PoppyDrug · 18/07/2022 21:53

Cannot get up of the floor without looking like a twat
can’t paint, draw, dance, act

Chipsdontlie · 18/07/2022 21:54

Walk

Homewardbound2022 · 18/07/2022 21:59

Tell East from West without thinking about it.

Rolypolyfishheads · 18/07/2022 22:02

Swim
Handstand
Cook
Dance

feistyoneyouare · 18/07/2022 22:10

Give or follow verbal directions (driving directions, I mean) all in one go - I can't conjure up the necessary mental pictures. Can only do it turn by turn. There's never any point in me stopping and asking for directions as I can only retain the first one or two instructions, the rest get forgotten.

I'm hopeless at reverse parking and will go to great lengths to avoid it if at all possible.

I also struggle to work out how things are put together and how things operate, sometimes even after reading the instructions.

I'm neurodiverse so that probably has something to do with all the above.

Blueeyedgirl21 · 18/07/2022 22:13

Cartwheel

WellThatsMeScrewed · 18/07/2022 22:13

Spell

WellThatsMeScrewed · 18/07/2022 22:14

Oh and I have to think for a good couple of seconds to tell my left from right

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 18/07/2022 22:15

Catch

Neveranynamesleft · 18/07/2022 22:15

Can't rollerskate. Don't want to either really so it's no loss 🙂

MyDogsTheBestDog · 18/07/2022 22:17

Tie shoelaces

Shellsbelles · 18/07/2022 22:17

Whistle
Make pastry

NovRainbow5 · 18/07/2022 22:18

Wink. I’ve tried and tried. Just can’t do it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Seriously79 · 18/07/2022 22:18

Cook. I struggle to boil water.

I can however reheat things very well!

ChipsRoastOrBoiled · 18/07/2022 22:18

I can't stand on tiptoe on my left foot - joint problems.
I can click my fingers with my left hand but not my right.
Can't roll my Rs.
Can't whistle.
Can't burp!
I cam never remember dreaming.

Cloudyz7 · 18/07/2022 22:25

Homewardbound2022 · 18/07/2022 21:59

Tell East from West without thinking about it.

Me neither. I live close to a tube station so travel on the tube a lot. Every time I'm faced with Eastbound or Westbound sign, I have do Never Eat Shredded Wheat.

Snowleopard98 · 18/07/2022 22:25

I have never been able to blow up balloons.
I struggle to tie things behind my back, like aprons
I can't drive manual cars.
I struggle to cook pasta. Can't tell when it's ready.

mistopheles · 18/07/2022 22:26

Came on here to admit with shame that I can't take my hands off the bike handlebars while riding, find the whole bike experience quite terrifying. And see that I'm not alone. It's amazing that there is any cyclists out there at all.

Also, talk quietly. Just can't. I'd love to be one of those people with a soft voice, others need to lean in to hear my dainty lilt. But no.

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