Jason Mustian
Can you change a tire? Sew a button? File your own taxes? Chances are you can do some of these things but not all.
The fact of the matter is that, no matter how competent we feel, all of us go through life with glaring blind spots and gaps in our knowledge of basic adult skills.
After all, that afternoon you spent learning how to change a tire was an afternoon you didn’t spend learning how to bake a cake.
A Twitter user named Jenée recently came to the realization that not only are “adult life skill” knowledge gaps common, they’re also interesting.
Everyone’s blind spots are different and it’s honestly fascinating to compare our many glaring weaknesses. So let the comparisons commence!
1. Some are charming, some are weird, and some are pretty inexcusable. Like this Ivy-Leaguer who can’t use a mailbox
2. And this other Ivy-Leaguer who can’t read a thermostat
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4. This person who can’t do a normal whistle is not (that sh*t is easy)
5. This escalator wimp
6. This casino drop-out
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8. This guy who will never make it in the music biz
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10. This bad Canadian
I can’t ski or ice skate – normally not a big deal, but I’m Canadian so it’s like sacrilegious.
— Allison McDonald (@NoFlashCards) August 5, 2019
11. This hapless home-improver
When I'm undoing a screw or something. In my head I'm singing "righty tighty, lefty loosy"
(For context, I'm a Medical doctor)Also, there's a hiss Nigerians do what trying to hail a bike or can. I can't do it.
— Friendly Neighborhood Doctor (@Okizle) August 6, 2019
12. This telephone phobic
I’m terrified of speaking on the phone, never call anyone, and often as not dodge calls from my loved ones. I basically got married so I wouldn’t have to order food over the phone.
— Katherine Howe (@katherinebhowe) August 5, 2019
13. This meat confuser (It’s CHICKEN, SUSANNAH!)
I can’t tell the difference between most meats (raised vegetarian, but eat it occasionally as an adult.) Don’t even ask me how to cook them.
— Susannah Birch (@SusannahBirch) August 6, 2019
14. This left-right conundrum that might be a medical condition
It takes up to 3 seconds to know which way is left or right. Sometimes, I have to mentally point the direction to get it.
— N7 (@Daksurr) August 6, 2019
15. Yeah you might wanna get this checked out
I can only snap my fingers on my left hand. And to tell my left from my right I have to snap my fingers Everytime.
— Entitled Uppity African (@Cuntosaur) August 6, 2019
16. This wide-of-the-mark receiver
https://twitter.com/kmlkmljkl/status/1158638059556155392
17. This silent snapper
I can’t click my fingers. Doesn’t make any sound at all. I’m 37 years old.
— Rae Johnston (@raejohnston) August 5, 2019
18. This frustrated consumer
https://twitter.com/JenNewbill/status/1158722912049913856
19. This fruitless orange-eater
3 master’s degrees and I can’t peel an orange.
— Mike Letizia (@dminmike) August 6, 2019
20. This painfully relatable one
https://twitter.com/azzabazazz/status/1158496591231123456
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