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omegashockwave
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I've never
Drank coke or Pepsi
Been on an airplane
Drank coke or Pepsi
Been on an airplane
richardhawk
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Never learned to swim. Don't need to.
Gym class hardly counts and my participation was incredibly low. I was also over weight and didn't give a crap.
Now I'm 24, in amazing shape, do a shit ton of weight training and endurance running, and have still never played a sport (on a team.)
-Never been further from the east coast than Chicago or New Orleans.
-Never had the desire to travel
-Never owned a smartphone
-Never straightened my hair (I'm the only black women I know that's never done it once in their life).
-carried a purse
-used a dishwasher
-Ironed my clothes
-played an instrument
-Never had the desire to travel
-Never owned a smartphone
-Never straightened my hair (I'm the only black women I know that's never done it once in their life).
-carried a purse
-used a dishwasher
-Ironed my clothes
-played an instrument
Until you do and you dont know how.
Glad I'm not the only one. Had too many bad experiences with my brother throwing me in the deep end and not coming back up that it just terrifies me. I don't ever want to know how to (although I have tried multiple times and failed).
Ugh, me too. Some of these are legit things.
richardhawk
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I live in a city and I stay away from large bodies of water. I'll never need to know. The beach can smd.
Hangover 4?!
I mean, maybe this is simplistic - but surely the best way to compound this would've been to learn to swim?
This seems fucking simplistic also. In the next 50-70 years of your life you don't plan on ever leaving your city?
I just dont get the mentality that you dont anticipate getting into an accident. Do you not have insurance in case you get ill? What happens if you have a kid and they want to swim or go to the beach.
Swimming should be a fucking standard practice
I tried (even though I didn't want to). My parents sent me to classes, I was in the "special group" during gym class for swimming, and now my wife tries to teach me everytime we find ourselves at a pool. I just hate it and it freaks me out and I can't even dunk my head for a second or stick it under the shower head. Water gets in my ears/nose/mouth/eyes and then my mouth instinctively opens and makes it worse. Just don't think it was meant to be.
Edit: my heart is racing and I'm all freaked out just thinking about it now.
Aquamarine
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This talk about bodies of water reminds me of another thing I haven't done that everyone else does without thinking.
I can't swim in the ocean. Like...at all.
It came from a traumatic experience a long time ago where I was pulled out to the sea by some incredibly strong riptides in the Gulf of Mexico and nearly drowned. Someone had to dive into the water to save my life.
Since that event I've been deathly afraid of the ocean even though I can swim just fine. I can't even have the water up to my ankles...if I go to the beach I have to stay exclusively in the sand away from the waves. Pools and ships are fine, though.
So for years and years I've pretty much never set my foot in the ocean at all, while for most people it's completely normal.
I can't swim in the ocean. Like...at all.
It came from a traumatic experience a long time ago where I was pulled out to the sea by some incredibly strong riptides in the Gulf of Mexico and nearly drowned. Someone had to dive into the water to save my life.
Since that event I've been deathly afraid of the ocean even though I can swim just fine. I can't even have the water up to my ankles...if I go to the beach I have to stay exclusively in the sand away from the waves. Pools and ships are fine, though.
So for years and years I've pretty much never set my foot in the ocean at all, while for most people it's completely normal.
richardhawk
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Getting cancer or some other health issue is something I have no control over. I can just keep my ass away from water and avoid drowning. I'm almost 30 and kids are nothing I plan on having. Sure I might move to another city at some point but I don't understand why I would decide to start jumping into water. I didn't have access to pool as a kid growing up in LA so I never learned. At this point in my life I really don't care to learn and I'm completely fine with it.
It's something that can be easily, easily avoided. Freak accidents such as a plane crash or a town getting flooded could entail needing to swim, though, I suppose.
I don't know how to swim and I don't anticipate learning how any time soon. Terrifying experiences and difficulty adapting compared to peers who seemed to float so easily prevented me from learning.
Guess my list would be:
- Had a significant other or dated
- Had sex
- Smoke
- Drank alcohol
- Went to a party
- Went to prom
Yeah, I'm not meaning to be a dick (although I'm aware it's not working).
For me, swimming is a super simple, easy, enjoyable activity that could help prevent traumatic experiences in the (highly unlikely) event that you, family or friends need help in some water.
But I'm aware that not everyone feels that way so I'll leave it alone.
Sorry for the bad experiences, guys.
Weird you should say that you prefer a quarter pounder with cheese over something you haven't tried before :S
Hmm surprisingly I've done at least 95% of the stuff here with the exception of those daredevil ones.
I never gotten a cavity.
I never been in a real relationship
I never been on a road trip
I never eaten at Pink's
I never done any hardcore drugs
I never learned how to drive a car
But I'm only 19.
I never gotten a cavity.
I never been in a real relationship
I never been on a road trip
I never eaten at Pink's
I never done any hardcore drugs
I never learned how to drive a car
But I'm only 19.
DaveTheSnake
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Never went to prom.
Never drank coffee.
Never smoked anything.
Never did any drugs.
Thats about all I can think of.
Never drank coffee.
Never smoked anything.
Never did any drugs.
Thats about all I can think of.
DaveTheSnake
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Of all of the things on your list, this needs to change.
Megalosaro
Banned
I've never seen the Godfather
I've never seen Scarface
In terms of life experiences, I can't really think of anything that is terribly shocking.
I've never seen Scarface
In terms of life experiences, I can't really think of anything that is terribly shocking.
richardhawk
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If he's talking about the Pinks in Los Angeles good for him. Overrated garbage.
ShironRedshift
Member
I know those feels, man. *Hugs.* Here's a post I recently wrote on the subject of my experience trying to learn in gym class:
Of course, I really would love how to swim, so I can stop being afraid and actually enjoy going to beach and stuff and especially since I do want to have kids one day more than anything, and if nothing else I'd want to learn for their sake. But even so, whenever I try my reaction's not all that different from your's (though you definitely seem to have it worse than me--I have no problem with shower heads and stuff like that. Real sorry to hear that's a problem for you): whenever my feet can't touch the bottom of a pool or whatever, I just start panicking until I get back to the shallow end or grab a wall or whatever. No matter how hard I tried or what I did, I just can't stop myself from panicking and getting the hell out of there.
*Hugs you too.* ^_^
Really sorry to hear that, but so glad that you did survive and are still with us. <3 I've never had an experience like that relating to swimming thankfully, although when I was a young kid I was in the car with my mom one time when I was sucking on a hard candy or something and I ended up choking on it and my mom had to quickly stop at a gas station to get me to cough it up. To this day, not only can I not stand and am basically deathly afraid to put any type of hard candy in my mouth due to that, but it's also made me afraid to and pretty much entirely unable to swallow pills and stuff as well.
Anyway, as for my list, other than never having swum...
-Never drank alcohol
-Never smoked any type of substance
-Never learned how to ride a bike
-Never learned how to tie a tie, or laces, or any type of knot
-Never watched porn
-Never had coffee (although I had a soda addiction for a while, so I can't say I haven't had caffeine).
-Never been in a relationship
-Never been out of my country (well, my mom tells me when I was like a baby or something I was briefly in Canada with them on a trip or something, but I was a baby so I don't think that really counts).
But for something a bit more positive, I'll add this:
-If it were last year at this time, I would have also said "never donated blood" due to a vasovagal response I have to pretty much even thinking about blood and stuff (like, I'm getting light-headed and stuff just typing this). However, late last year while I was at school I managed to work up the courage to give it a try and donate blood at a blood drive, and it really wasn't that bad at all. Of course, unfortunately my vasovagal response is still as strong as ever and so it's hard for me to follow up that performance (as I found out, the actual act of taking blood really isn't that bad at all--it's the wait time before they get to me and stuff which gives me time to thin and gives my vasovagal response time to kick in that causes the problems), but I'm definitely glad I did it at least once. ^_^
Never go to a full service restaurant my man, if you don't ever tip over 10% you don't belong there. Don't think otherwise.
For everyone here listing they have never, ever tried alcohol (I know, I know, that's oddly common on GAF), why not exactly? For those who have tried it and decided they don't like the feeling of being drunk, that's all good, at least you tried it and made an informed decision that it's not your thing.
But for those who have never done it and refuse to even try it... why? My roommates and I host a game night every now and then. We're drinkers, and we brew our own beer. A couple that comes to our game night has never tried alcohol and they both refuse to try. Even when we pass around samples of the beer we've brewed, they won't try it. Of course this is ok, and we never push them to do something they don't want to do, nor do we belittle them for it, but secretly I think it's pretty lame. Of course, they will frequently make underhanded comments to us about the fact that we do drink and the fact that they don't respect that. Lame.
Eventually I asked them why they've taken such a stance against alcohol in any form. Their response boiled down them having seen what people who do drink alcohol are like and never wanting to be that way themselves. Reading further into that comment, I'm quite certain that these two don't drink primarily to have something to hold above other people, something to make them feel better about themselves (both of them are heavyset people with low-tier jobs).
Obviously this is just a single example. I imagine a lot of people will say I have a negative bias because of these two. On some level this is probably correct, but it really does seem to me that people who absolutely will not drink are often people with oddly myopic views who are trying to compensate for something.
Flame away.
lawlohwhat
Banned
I've never squished my butt cheeks against someone else's butt cheeks (butt sex)
Never driven a car.
Never drunk alcohol.
Never smoked (besides passive smoking).
Never done any other drugs.
Never taken a day of sick leave. (25 years in the work place)
Never learned to bike (tried twice though)
Never seen Titanic or Avatar or LoTR.
Never had a smartphone or FB account.
Never owned a device running Windows.
Never drunk alcohol.
Never smoked (besides passive smoking).
Never done any other drugs.
Never taken a day of sick leave. (25 years in the work place)
Never learned to bike (tried twice though)
Never seen Titanic or Avatar or LoTR.
Never had a smartphone or FB account.
Never owned a device running Windows.
ShironRedshift
Member
For me, I'm definitely not opposed to trying it. Just haven't really had the opportunity. I'm a broke college student and don't have any money myself or anything, so I pretty much just drink what's around the house and neither of my parents are that big on alcohol at all, so there's really even any beer at my house, which I'm fine with, because it's just something I never really could imagine myself enjoying the taste of anyway (I'm kinda a picky eater and stuff in general).
As for wine and stuff, that's even rarer since my folks really, really don't have any money either and so when I see the bottle in the fridge I really don't even think about pouring myself a glass, not because my parents would likely have a problem with it if I did, far from it, but when I see a bottle in the fridge, I just naturally think of it as a treat they got themselves which they both damn well earned and deserve to enjoy and so I just let them have it to themselves, especially since I don't need it or anything anyway. Similar deal with eating out--that very, very rarely happens as it is and when it does I'd just feel guilty making the bill even more expensive than it has to be by getting anything other than some type of soft drink or anything, especially as I've proven I can live without it anyway, so why try.
But yeah, I'm definitely curious though and wouldn't mind giving a bunch of stuff a try at least (and I can't help but be a bit curious about what I'd be like drunk). I suppose summing all that stuff up, it just comes down to my being a poor college kid who doesn't have a job, car, or license, and my just absolutely loving the heck out of my parents to a fault. ^_^ Get all but the last of those worked out (which naturally I hope never changes <3) and yeah, I'd definitely be good with giving stuff a try though and seeing what happens.
Aquamarine
Member
Aww thanks.
I don't know what comes over me...I know rationally that putting my feet in the edge of the ocean won't do any harm. It's like the moment I get really close to it I relive the near-death panic all over again. Plays like a feedback loop, and I still get nightmares about it from time to time.
I get the same way about any large body of water where I can't see the end of it. Lakes. Seas. Oceans.
It gets even weirder for me because I used to be on the swim team and loved swimming through high school. I remember absolutely loving the waves and the beach as a kid. Today I can swim in pools but my motivation to swim is completely burned out. On the occasion that I do go in the pool (which is rare nowadays), I pretty much just casually wade through the shallow end...a far cry from the heights I once achieved.
For me it happened while I was all grown up. Regardless, it's really eerie how that kind of traumatic experience can make someone so irrationally, incredibly phobic just like that.
To go from all of that to being deathly afraid and skittish in the blink of an eye is just...surreal.
I don't blame you at all for being that way towards pills, and I refuse to judge anyone who's afraid of water or learning how to swim. I understand the fear so...vividly.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Not me but my grandfather (who died at 86) never had a pizza in his entire life.
He ate and prepared pretty much anything you can think of, just not pizza
He ate and prepared pretty much anything you can think of, just not pizza
MannyToons
Member
I've never owned a PS2
I've never played SMB1
I've never masturbated
I've never been in a (physical) relationship
I've never shaved my arms/legs
I've never learned how to whistle (still try every now and then, lol)
I've never kissed anyone
I've never gone to prom
I've never smoked
I've never had sex
I've never been in a fight
I've never beaten SMB3
I've never worn a dress/skirt (at least as an individual who decides what to wear)
I'm still only 19, so I supposed there's time for a lot of these. *shrug*
This is pretty much me. Minus the non-masculine personality part.
I've never played SMB1
I've never masturbated
I've never been in a (physical) relationship
I've never shaved my arms/legs
I've never learned how to whistle (still try every now and then, lol)
I've never kissed anyone
I've never gone to prom
I've never smoked
I've never had sex
I've never been in a fight
I've never beaten SMB3
I've never worn a dress/skirt (at least as an individual who decides what to wear)
I'm still only 19, so I supposed there's time for a lot of these. *shrug*
I don't wear dresses...skirts...blouses...or any other type of feminine clothing you would expect a girl to wear. Haven't voluntarily decided to do so in a very long time. I usually wear long-sleeved buttoned up dress shirts and dress pants when I go out. If the occasion is super casual, I wear baggy jeans and a generic long-sleeved shirt. Don't tend to show cleavage either. Anything I wear is interchangeable with male clothing.
I don't know why I dress so conservatively...I'm hardly masculine in terms of my personality. It's just a habit, I guess.
But yeah...girls wear all of this feminine clothing all around me...while I hardly ever touch the stuff. I don't think I own a single blouse...
I also carry my wallet and phone in my pants and don't own a bag. I guess that's pretty rare as well.
This is pretty much me. Minus the non-masculine personality part.
In your case, there's nothing wrong with the fact that you've never tried alcohol. All your reasons are legit, and you're keeping an open mind, that's great! When you do decide to give it a shot(!) beer is a great place to start. These days there are a ton of great craft breweries making a ton of great beer. Remember that not all beer is created equal and different styles have wildly different flavors. Tequila is also fantastic, as is bourbon... as is scotch. Fuck rum.
Genuinely curious, if you're 19 and have never had sex, how have you never masturbated? How do you get yourself off? It's a necessary human function. Wet dreams?
MannyToons
Member
I just don't have a desire to. At all. No wet dreams either, lol.
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Stayed awake for longer than 2 days... technically 1.5 days. It seems like everyone at least did it once, some younger folks claim to be doing it regulary and either I don't believe them or (if true) I don't envy them at all.
Fair's fair, if you don't have the desire, you don't have the desire. Bummer about the no wet dreams part though, back when I used to have those, I loved 'em.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
Never went to a dance. Got very close too, but I was fed a lie and ended up not going. I didn't do anything special about asking, so I guess I failed to build a good impression. Still haunts me, sadly.
I've never stayed awake through a Transformers movie. I've also never used "Michael Bay" and a specific adjective in the same sentence. That adjective is "great."
I've never stayed awake through a Transformers movie. I've also never used "Michael Bay" and a specific adjective in the same sentence. That adjective is "great."
Trust me, I know all about that feeling of "everyone else does this so easily" better than most I'd say. Aside from swimming, I also have major problems with two of the most basic functions a human can do - sitting and talking.
I talk pretty quietly to begin with but even then, I have a horrible sore throat if I have to talk for more than a couple minutes. It boggles my mind that some people can talk all day for a job or something and be fine. I'm almost always chewing gum simply because it makes it hurt a little less than normal. Times when I do have to talk for hours, I feel awful and need to go straight to bed when I get home.
And if I can help it, I never ever sit down because it hurts. Doesn't matter how soft the surface is, I haven't even sat on my own couch in years. Even tighter fitting pants hurt. Being skinny doesn't help I'm sure, but I never had a problem for the first 20 years of my life (26 now). I'm pretty miserable right now because I have to sit a lot at work instead of using my standing desk arrangement, since I broke my foot recently (and then got lyme disease so everything hurts even more).
I've had dozens of doctor appointments trying to tackle these stupid issues, done vocal therapy and had butt injections, nothing really helps more than a tiny bit. I'm pretty used to it after this many years, but it can be pretty demoralizing when such trivial things nobody else has a problem with can cause me this much pain and stress. Sorry for the weird tangent! I guess I've never... talked or sat comfortably (in the past 6 years)?
Miggytronz
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Followed my dreams.................
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