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I can't do anything

114 replies

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 18:57

Partly for fun but also kinda serious also. I tend not to be able to do lots of stuff which give examples of below and so I often feel useless but shrug it off. Pls ask questions of what I can do and I'll answer

I CANT

Open a tin with a can opener
Sew knit crochet etc
Cook very well (basic)
Clean very well (basic)
Blow balloons

And now I'm sat here with a list I can't think of lots but ask away and I'll answer

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zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 18:58

Can't change a lightbulb or do any DIY painting etc

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newamsterdam · 17/10/2023 18:59

Why not learn how to do some of things you "can't do". Who does them all for you?

Isittimeformynapyet · 17/10/2023 18:59

You can't change a lightbulb? I don't believe you.

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:00

@newamsterdam that's not the point of the post

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zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:00

@Isittimeformynapyet deadly serious

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OhNoForever · 17/10/2023 19:01

Op are you disabled? I don't understand this post.

Isittimeformynapyet · 17/10/2023 19:02

What are you hoping to get from your thread?

AffIt · 17/10/2023 19:02

I'm curious: if you can't open a tin with a tin opener, what do you open it with (assuming it hasn't got a ring pull)?

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:03

No not disabled but autistic yes

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Wavescrashingonthebeach · 17/10/2023 19:03

I can't:

Iron
Remember how to tie a tie
Bake
Decorate
Sew

Ilikealltings · 17/10/2023 19:03

Why can't you?

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:03

@AffIt ask hubby or things I do need for me I buy with a pull ring

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zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:04

@Wavescrashingonthebeach ditto to all

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Ilikealltings · 17/10/2023 19:04

What's autism got to do with a light bulb?

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:04

@Isittimeformynapyet please stop being rude and just leave the thread if u have nothing nice to say. In fact pls just go anyway

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Ilikealltings · 17/10/2023 19:05

Hmm weaponised incompetence i think

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:05

@Ilikealltings someone asked was I disabled to which I said no although autism comes under neurological disability so maybe I am slightly disabled. I was answering a question basically

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ilovesooty · 17/10/2023 19:05

Are you dyspraxic?

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:06

@Isittimeformynapyet please go or I will report u

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zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:06

@ilovesooty possibly I'm not sure. Good question

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Ilikealltings · 17/10/2023 19:06

The real question is, do you want to change a light buld and when was the last time you tried?

ilovesooty · 17/10/2023 19:06

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:06

@Isittimeformynapyet please go or I will report u

What for?

Ilikealltings · 17/10/2023 19:07

*bulb

AutumIsOrange · 17/10/2023 19:07

OP, @Isittimeformynapyet hasn't been rude. They are merely asking a question. It’s the risk one runs when starting a thread

what is it about changing a lightbulb that is hard for you?

zengarden1 · 17/10/2023 19:07

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