Stupid Things Everyone Does

[CHUCKLIT]

No matter how smart we are, there are times where our brains just don't co-operate with us. I have a few examples:
- Going into a room and completely forgetting why you entered the room in the first place, or even going into a room and doing everything else possible in the room except the sole purpose you went in there for.
- Looking for a random object that is right in front of you yet you just don't see it.
- Accidently biting your tongue (surely there's a brain fault somewhere in that, I mean who thinks to bite their tongue?)
- When you talk to someone you find attractive and you act completely out of character, mostly in an embarrassing way.
Funnily enough, my brain isn't very co-operative with me tonight and that's all I can think of. Anyone else wanna share some examples?

 

[Frezzato]

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- Going into a room and completely forgetting why you entered the room in the first place, or even going into a room and doing everything else possible in the room except the sole purpose you went in there for...

That's quite an astute observation. Did you ever read that Cracked article about memory?

Here's the actual study that was cited:
Well, a summary anyway [http://al.nd.edu/news/27483-walking-through-doorways-causes-forgetting-new-research-shows/].

Ooh, this might be the full report [http://www3.nd.edu/~memory/Reprints/Radvansky%20Krawietz%20&%20Tamplin%202011%20(QJEP).pdf].

 

[CHUCKLIT]

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- Going into a room and completely forgetting why you entered the room in the first place, or even going into a room and doing everything else possible in the room except the sole purpose you went in there for...

That's quite an astute observation. Did you ever read that Cracked article about memory?

Here's the actual study that was cited:
Well, a summary anyway [http://al.nd.edu/news/27483-walking-through-doorways-causes-forgetting-new-research-shows/].

Ooh, this might be the full report [http://www3.nd.edu/~memory/Reprints/Radvansky%20Krawietz%20&%20Tamplin%202011%20(QJEP).pdf].

Ahh that does make sense. However I normally remember what I need just as I leave my bedroom when normally I make the decision to retrieve something downstairs. This also makes me believe that we actually have souls, because our bodies can do so many things on its own that we aren't even aware of. Pardon this pun, but it is mind-blowing stuff.

 

[Eddie the head]

Ahh that does make sense. However I normally remember what I need just as I leave my bedroom when normally I make the decision to retrieve something downstairs. This also makes me believe that we actually have souls, because our bodies can do so many things on its own that we aren't even aware of. Pardon this pun, but it is mind-blowing stuff.

Forgive me for this but I hate it when I see people surrendering to ignorance. Anyway metaphorically speaking the firing pin on a gun doesn't direct the bullet, but it doesn't mean it's directed by magic. Your mind is the same way. Just because your consciousness doesn't direct some of your actions doesn't mean some magical force dose.

 

[scorptatious]

Shitting ourselves?

But yeah, have to agree with the random object thing. God knows when I'm asked to fetch something half the time, I find myself doing that.

 

[Bocaj2000]

Choking on your own spit.

Seriously how does this keep happening to me?

 

[Blow_Pop]

Choking on air
Tripping on air
Tripping over your own two feet
Hitting your head against the door frame when getting in or out of a car
Touching either metal or something black that's been sitting out in the sun for hours and being surprised at the heat
Running into a wall or pole or cement column while walking
Falling off a curb and splitting your jeans open at the knee

These are just a few things I've done over the years. The car ones(door frame and metal/black things in sun) I do fairly constantly because my brain spazzes.

And then there's the classic being tired enough or out of it enough that you sit and wait for the stop sign to turn green......

 

[FPLOON]

-Getting a boner while talking to someone
-Saying the first thing that pops into your head

That's the main thing I keep doing... and I can't say if that's fully a negative or not...

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

I don't know if this counts as stupid or not, but a lot of people (myself included though I'm making a conscious effort to correct this) don't formulate what they're going to say before they say it. It's something that we don't really notice because it's pretty normal, but our general day to day conversations are riddled with pauses or "uh"s while we momentarily scour for the right words. Very rarely do you meet someone that takes that split second beforehand and then confidently belts out the entire thought.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I know this is a little different but I as wasting time on Buzzfeed and I found a piece on 38 [mostly stupid] questions women ask themselves.

Spoiler

1. Should I wax my vagina?
2. Am I supposed to shave my butt hair?
3. Why is there hair growing on my boobs?
4. Why am I being so emotional?
5. Are my boobs normal-looking?
6. Why is my period stopping and starting?
7. Could I be pregnant?
8. Are these god-awful cramps normal? Should I see a gynecologist about this?
9. AM I DEVELOPING TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME?!
10. How long can I go without shaving my legs before anyone notices?
11. Is my vagina "normal?"
12. Does my vagina feel loose?
13. Do Kegels really work?
14. Am I doing them correctly?
15. IS THAT A GRAY HAIR?
16. Can people tell that one of my boobs is bigger than the other one?
17. Should I be plucking my nose hairs?
18. Can people see my stray eyebrow hairs?
19. Why am I breaking out right now? NOT EVEN STRESSED.
20. Am I the only one with upper lip hair?
21. Should I shave my upper lip?
22. Will anyone notice if I don't wear makeup today?
23. Why did I even start wearing makeup?
24. Can you get a tampon stuck inside of you?
25. Do pieces of your tampon come off INSIDE OF YOU and float around forever?!
26. What is a yeast infection?
27. Does that mean I have actual yeast in my vagina? Like bread?
28. Should I wash my hair today?
29. Do other women fart as much as I do?
30. Do all women queef?
31. Does my vagina smell weird?
32. Has my tampon been in too long?
33. If I cough while on my period, will more blood come out?
34. Should I be losing this much blood?
35. Why can men readjust/scratch themselves but I can?t readjust my boobs and scratch my damn vagina?
36. Do people really bleach their assholes?
37. Why is only one of my nipples hard?
38. Am I the only one thinking all this shit?

I don't know, maybe I'm particularly gross but I've thought about most of these at some point in my life.
I got a bit of a laugh out of it anyway. XD

 

[Queen Michael]

Picking something okay to read. Reading a book takes time. Our time on this earth is limited. And still people struggle to finish a book that's just okay. I'm talking about when people read the latest best-seller to see what all the hype is about, and after 50 pages they'll conclude that "it's okay," and keep reading anyway. Why not find something really really good to read instead? Sure, it's not always possible to find a masterpiece just like that, but why read a book that's just okay? Do't you know that reading is meant to be fun?

If a book isn't entertaining you after 50 pages, drop it like it's hot.

 

[Artina89]

When I am at work I sometimes look at a form and after I put it down instantly forget what was written on it. It doesn't happen too often, but when it does it frightens me a little bit.

 

[FPLOON]

I know this is a little different but I as wasting time on Buzzfeed and I found a piece on 38 [mostly stupid] questions women ask themselves.

Spoiler

1. Should I wax my vagina?
2. Am I supposed to shave my butt hair?
3. Why is there hair growing on my boobs?
4. Why am I being so emotional?
5. Are my boobs normal-looking?
6. Why is my period stopping and starting?
7. Could I be pregnant?
8. Are these god-awful cramps normal? Should I see a gynecologist about this?
9. AM I DEVELOPING TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME?!
10. How long can I go without shaving my legs before anyone notices?
11. Is my vagina "normal?"
12. Does my vagina feel loose?
13. Do Kegels really work?
14. Am I doing them correctly?
15. IS THAT A GRAY HAIR?
16. Can people tell that one of my boobs is bigger than the other one?
17. Should I be plucking my nose hairs?
18. Can people see my stray eyebrow hairs?
19. Why am I breaking out right now? NOT EVEN STRESSED.
20. Am I the only one with upper lip hair?
21. Should I shave my upper lip?
22. Will anyone notice if I don't wear makeup today?
23. Why did I even start wearing makeup?
24. Can you get a tampon stuck inside of you?
25. Do pieces of your tampon come off INSIDE OF YOU and float around forever?!
26. What is a yeast infection?
27. Does that mean I have actual yeast in my vagina? Like bread?
28. Should I wash my hair today?
29. Do other women fart as much as I do?
30. Do all women queef?
31. Does my vagina smell weird?
32. Has my tampon been in too long?
33. If I cough while on my period, will more blood come out?
34. Should I be losing this much blood?
35. Why can men readjust/scratch themselves but I can?t readjust my boobs and scratch my damn vagina?
36. Do people really bleach their assholes?
37. Why is only one of my nipples hard?
38. Am I the only one thinking all this shit?

I don't know, maybe I'm particularly gross but I've thought about most of these at some point in my life.
I got a bit of a laugh out of it anyway. XD

Huh... Numbers 2, 4, 14, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 36, 37, and especially 38 I have asked myself at least once in my life... and those are not counting the numbers that, if the question was altered a bit, could be what a dude would question about other women in their own mind...
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*re-reads his own comment*
Wow... I did not think that comment through at all... *facepalms*

 

[shootthebandit]

Driving half way somewhere and thinking "have I locked the door?"

Drive all the way back only to find you locked it

 

[Jamieson 90]

Replying to pointless threads on the internet about people doing stupid things, oh wait....

Choking on your own food, you know when it 'goes down the wrong hole?' sometimes happens even when you're not even eating. WTF is that?

Driving away from your house and then you or someone else asking you whether you remembered to get that thing you were supposed to get, like wouldn't asking that before you left be a good idea? "Hey did you bring the passports?" asks so and so as you enter the airport. "Yeah well if I didn't we're pretty much screwed aren't we numb nuts!"

Forgetting how to spell very simple words .. mind just goes completely blank .. really fucking annoying. Even more annoying is when you can't even think of the word you're trying to think of.

Also, did I turn the oven off? *Goes and checks it's off only to find it is indeed off* after having already checked it 3 times. Nothing stupid about double checking I suppose, but you'd hope your brain would remember that is indeed off.

captcha: Go berserk.

 

[putowtin]

Drinking too much.... seriously, everytime I have to go to the inlaws I drink too much
1) Hangovers suck
2) my inlaws probably think I have a problem by now

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

I have an annoying tendency to inhale a tiny piece of food that I picked out of my teeth with my tongue, and then coughing for the next 10 minutes while tears pour down my face and everyone looks at me like I have rabies.

Forgive me for this but I hate it when I see people surrendering to ignorance. Anyway metaphorically speaking the firing pin on a gun doesn't direct the bullet, but it doesn't mean it's directed by magic. Your mind is the same way. Just because your consciousness doesn't direct some of your actions doesn't mean some magical force dose.

And seriously? Is that person's belief affecting you so harshly that you have to call their ideas ignorant? Some of us think there's more out there than what we can experience with our earthly senses. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with how we view the universe.

 

[Pink Gregory]

Opening car doors into your eye.

...just me then?

Grand.

 

[Zhukov]

I used to get a kind of shaving lather that came in a tube, like toothpaste.

You can probably see where this is going.

Suffice to say, it tasted pretty gross.