It’s the missed quicktime events that gnaw at my soul.
Frequently
Submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Czarb@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I used to work for a large corporation and one day I found myself in a meeting with a bunch of female vice presidents where I was the only man there. The presenter was unable to display on the big screen because she didn’t have a connector; I happened to have the right kind and loaned it to her.
She said “you’re pretty handy to have around.” My brain decided that a clever thing to say in response would be “well, I’m pretty well-endowed in the dongle department” and I started to say that before my brain thought better of it and cut me off. So what I actually said was “well, I’m pretty well-endowed”. One woman in the room actually guffawed but everybody else managed to ignore it - although I’m willing to bet this story was told later more than a few times.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Jesus fucking Christ, how did you not just die on the spot?
Wilzax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When you realize how that sounded you can save it by looking embarrassed and apologizing, and clarifying you meant something like “equipped”. Typically a gaff is better than leaving things at creepy
BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This one’s a
weinerwinnerAgent641@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dying
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s been over 20 years and there are two that haunt me to this day.
Stamets@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As someone with one haunting me for a little longer, fucking mood.
However I am curious about yours…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Just like Fallout 4, I only ever select the sarcastic option.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was talking to my dad about family drama, and instead of wording my sentence properly I made it seem like I called my cousin a cow
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
That’s when you clarify that you like some cows. They can be sweet, dumb animals.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That shit when they hop around after being let out of the barn in the spring almost makes me regret all the burgers.
FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
26 year old here. Happens constantly. I really wish reality would let me kinda pause time for a second like in a video game, so I have time to weigh up my options. Tbh tho, I’d probably still end up regretting things I’ve said
I’m getting better though. I can have a conversation with most people and most likely not say something completely fucking retarded. But there are times I say dumb shit and end up reliving those moments constantly in my head.
Cheskaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Give me that quick save/load function
GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One thing you can do for a pause in the conversation, is simply to put a thoughtful look on your face and stroke your chin for a moment while you figure out the best answer. This way the person you’re talking to knows that you were listening, so they don’t feel ignored, and it gives you that moments pause you need. Plus, bonus, sometimes they think you’re smarter and more thoughtful than you actually are.
Kjatten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And then you imagine the “person will remember that” up in the corner
bucketofcandyfloss@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
How to load previous save?
puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Me starting a conversation with my dad about some mundane things that instantly turn into him talking about conspiracy theories.
CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For some people that’s just how dating works out
AnonWyo@startrek.website 1 year ago
It’s really not a risk for me until I try and get past online chat. Online chatting, I can proofread my…ahem flirtations. In person? It’s a crapshoot.
That being said, I prefer to disappoint potential romantic interests in person. I’m old fashioned like that.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
“yall” melting my brain cells painfully, 1 cell at a time:
Stamets@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Y’all have fun with that, y’hear?
mriormro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s a second person plural pronoun. Other languages have them. For instance, Spanish has vostotros/ustedes and German has ihr.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
English already has a plural pronoun: “you”. It’s the singular that we’ve lost: “thou”.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
yeah, I know the utility of the word but it just doesn’t sound nice, I try to restructure my sentences to avoid it whenever possible. just the tone of “yall” has the “trying to seem cool” vibe and it feels like an overfriendly word to use in most scenarios.
optissima@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Yet the misuse of a colon as a form of sentence punctuation doesn’t hurt more? Talk about arbitrary…
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
wdym?
chaosppe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
rony4102@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Instant regret
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
“Oh, you’re not pregnant? I thought you were, you look like it”
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
no worries, my brain will remind me every 45 seconds for the next 3 weeks
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
And keep going for the rest of your life, just at a lower frequency because there’s more screw-ups to keep getting reminded of.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
ha, yep. theres a lot of backpressure there in that pipe
Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lucky.
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Weeks? Luckyyyy.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Only 3 weeks ? Lucky bastard