• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    I’ve never eaten lobster. I’m not the slightest bit tempted to eat your bug meat that’s only palatable when slathered in butter.

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      Honestly it’s relatively flavourless. Have Crayfish in NZ instead. Smaller animal, far more flavour.

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    The first wedding I ever attended was my own…and I was 35. I somehow had friends & family who didn’t get or were already married my entire life.

    Still never been to a birth or a funeral.

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      Just sad. My stepsons had never been to a concert and my kids thought that was crazy because I had brought them to shows since they were babies. Like, I can remember my first show but they can’t. They all love music now.

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        I love music but I’ve just never been, if someone invited me sure I’d go, but other than that not sure why I would want to. At this point I’m probably getting too old for that crowd anyway

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          As a show goes that loves to vibe towards the back, I encourage you to go.

          Shows are great. You don’t need to fight crowds, be up front, or dance if you don’t want to. I prefer small shows, usually at bars. But even large stadium shows have an energy that’s hard to describe.

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      Do you live in or near a big metropolitan area? If so you can probably fulfill this one within the month depending on how broad your musical tastes are. Some shows are prohibitively expensive, but a lot of smaller ones are remarkably affordable.

      Edit: I myself enjoy a decently broad range of music. One of my favorite types of concerts, though, is when the local symphony puts on a movie and they play the soundtrack. These are really fun because you get to go to a symphony concert but if you get bored you can watch a movie!

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    Well I have a college degree, so people find it funny I never technically graduated high school. Did enough classes to qualify for graduation then ran away halfway through the year and never looked back. I was already enrolled at the college in an arts program so they didn’t ask for the certificate. It didn’t matter until I tried to get a job in a bureaucracy in my 40s and they wanted evidence of high school diploma. Which I didn’t have.

    God I hated high school.

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      I got tossed sophomore year, and got my GED later.

      I graduated with a B.S. in engineering a few years ago.

      I know them feels

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    So far I’ve seen only pretty believable answers here so I’ll add my own: I’ve never been drunk enough to pass out, vomit, forget things or fall.

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      Heyo, me too! I tried as a kid and busted my knee when I fell off, and gave it up.

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        Likewise. I had braces twice, a bunch of baby teeth, all wisdom teeth and 2 permanent teeth pulled because my “mouth was too small”. I have some fucked up dreams but the scariest ones are those where my teeth are loose or falling out. I think I have dental PTSD…

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          It has to be genetic. My partner brushes AND flosses and I’ve never flossed and had a period of my life raving and staying over places without a toothbrush. Brushing sometimes. I’m in my late 30s and have never had a cavity. They are 30 and have had lots of them.

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    Never smoked a cigarette. Not even took a single drag. I’m not even sure I ever touched one.

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      I’ve done just about every drug out there. Had a pretty significant meth problem in my late teens and early 20’s. Never smoked a cigarette.

      Just always seemed too gross to be worth it.

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    My coworkers are always surprised when they first learn that I didn’t even finish high school. I work with people who are mostly highly educated. Most with masters degrees, a few with bachelor’s and doctorates. While they were studying, I was geeking out over some project that I did just for fun. Turns out that the skills I ended up with were exactly what my career for the past 15 years needs.

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      How does autism affect whether you’ve had mac & cheese or a burger?

      (This question is not meant to be accusatory at all, purely curious.)

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        ARFID. Has a common link to autism, but autism serves as a more overarching issue for me. It’s my refusal to accept therapy due to some weird complex that’s also a problem.

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          my refusal to accept therapy due to some weird complex that’s also a problem.

          Hey, that one I totally get (as a non-autist, but with ADHD and there’s some overlap/camaraderie there).

          When I was in college I had a really positive experience with therapy, overall, although my therapist did (rightly) encourage my parents to get me into inpatient psychiatric care for a few days when I was at my lowest point of depression. That inpatient stay was extremely beneficial for me, I came out of it much healthier and in a better place, but I was also brought there against my will.

          Since then I’ve had a weird thing where I cognitively know I should go to therapy, but I just cannot bring myself to do it. I fully understand inpatient was the right call, my therapist did the right thing, therapy is very helpful, and there are plenty of other therapists anyway. But I still have this like, nagging anxiety about it. Loss of freedom can do weird things to the psyche.

          Fortunately I’ve had some recent positive experience, since my wife and I decided to go to some couples’ therapy (nothing serious, just wanted to make sure we can have as healthy a relationship as possible) and it helped a lot. So I’m starting to reconsider the whole notion.

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    • graduated high school and college without ever taking a dedicated biology or chemistry class.
    • never broken a bone.
    • never stung by a (live) bee (have stepped on a dead one, though).
    • can’t say “never” any more, but I was into my 40s before ever having my blood drawn.
    • have smelled, but have never even seen marijuana, let alone smoked any.
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      I’ve never been stung by a bee either! I’ve had a wasp get me a few times but bees and I have a unspoken truce, I guess. We have carpender bees all around our house and my wife hates them but I enjoy watching them have those valiant mid-air dog fights. Those little bastards can scrap. They never bother or dive bomb me but sometimes they get curious and kinda hover around me, presumably doing a bee’s version of a vibe check. I dont run or swat at them and they just peace out after maybe 15-20 seconds and then ignore me next time Im outside in “their” territory. … My wife on the other hand, swats, screams and runs from them and they’ll straight up go after her. She clearly does not pass the vibe check. It’s wild.