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Simple things you can not do

115 replies

tomorrowchild · 08/11/2025 10:56

Is there something that everyone else seems to be able to do with ease that you just can’t do?
I can not shuffle a pack of cards or whistle

OP posts:
Enrichetta · 08/11/2025 10:58

I can’t whistle either.

Nor can I make bubbles with bubble gum. Just as well I no longer like bubble gum…

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 08/11/2025 10:59

Click my fingers

Changingplace · 08/11/2025 11:01

I can never remember the difference between Asda & Tesco, they’re just interchangeable in my mind.

BansheeOfTheSouth · 08/11/2025 11:01

Wink

I can screw up my left eye using my cheek but can't operate my right eye independently at all

landlordhell · 08/11/2025 11:02

Changingplace · 08/11/2025 11:01

I can never remember the difference between Asda & Tesco, they’re just interchangeable in my mind.

What? That’s mad!

Octavia64 · 08/11/2025 11:02

Run

click fingers. I just pretend.

LeedsZebra90 · 08/11/2025 11:25

I can't follow written instructions/recipes. Even simple ones. I read through, understand it but then when I start I just can't put it all together!

KaliforniaDreamz · 08/11/2025 11:31

I cannot open pump dispensers. You know they arrive sort of locked and you twist to unlock? well they don't work for me.

RememberBeKindWithKaren · 08/11/2025 11:32

Changingplace · 08/11/2025 11:01

I can never remember the difference between Asda & Tesco, they’re just interchangeable in my mind.

It's Aldi and Lidl for me..never know which is which.

eleanorwish · 08/11/2025 11:33

I can’t wink

maree12 · 19/08/2026 07:06

Walk normally, since a moron driver badly fractured my left leg, and an incompetent knee surgeon badly damaged my knee whilst attempting to fix a dislocation, I now walk with a limp, causing achingly tired calf and thigh muscles

dimples76 · 19/08/2026 07:09

Wink or click my fingers

Amandatelly · 19/08/2026 07:12

Say squirrel. I just can’t say it.

Cook. Even the most basic of cooking.

MildlyMoist · 19/08/2026 07:18

Burp.

Mydogisagentleman · 19/08/2026 07:19

Easily tell left from right.
I can on my own body, but opposite, when left is right is beyond me and I have to try really hard

Kingunderthemountain · 19/08/2026 07:19

Cannot follow verbal instructions, I have to write everything down.

CleanSkin · 19/08/2026 07:22

@maree12 I’m so sorry for the loss of your mobility, what a combination of awful events. How long ago was it?

I can’t get any response from my estranged sister towards my aged parents, even though they are slowly disintegrating in front of my eyes.

SemmaLina · 19/08/2026 07:23

Deal with spiders ( I jump and shriek and have to get DH )

Follow written crochet instruction ( need a YouTube guide )

Another one who can’t differentiate Aldi and Lidl

I have no sense of direction , have been married over 30 years and would struggle to drive to the in-laws

Laundrybasketfull · 19/08/2026 08:09

Ride a bike, drive (although I don't that's simple at all), knit (or anything like that), listen to simple instructions and understand them.

Laundrybasketfull · 19/08/2026 08:11

LeedsZebra90 · 08/11/2025 11:25

I can't follow written instructions/recipes. Even simple ones. I read through, understand it but then when I start I just can't put it all together!

AI Is your friend here, I am exactly the same and I have started to put them into AI and ask them to simplify and it's been a total gamechanger for me.

Coinkidinki · 19/08/2026 08:12

Tell my left from my right without thinking about it.

principalskinna · 19/08/2026 08:14

Burp

AllJoyAndNoFun · 19/08/2026 08:18

Tie knots beyond reefs. People can show me 100 times and then when I go to do it my brain just can’t replicate it.

Uncontroversialusername · 19/08/2026 09:11

Change a windscreen wiper. You need to do a sort of push-unhook-pull thing which should be simple but I just can't get the hang of it.

I can change a tyre though.

LifeBeginsToday · 19/08/2026 09:21

Follow directions. If I don't know exactly where I am and where I am going I feel lost and panic.

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