As we move through our daily lives, we tend to do many things by rote. We don’t really think much about them, we just continue to do them and that is due to the fact that we mastered them at some point when we were younger. At times, it could be something that is vitally important, such as being able to balance the checkbook or perhaps a driving skill that could save our lives. At other times, it may be something trivial, such as learning how to juggle, whistle with your fingers or perhaps put on your socks while standing up.
Although we may do these things without really thinking about it, there are people out there who have no idea how to accomplish them. It might seem like a foreign concept, especially because we do them so easily. If we never learned how to do them, however, and we didn’t have years of practice, it might be that we would also struggle to try to do those little things.
That is where a Twitter user named Jenée comes in. She discovered something interesting when her landlord wasn’t able to open a combination lock. The day got even more strange when she learned that her partner couldn’t blow up a balloon. She began to think about how many of the basic life skills that most people are not able to do and go undone because people didn’t master them.
https://twitter.com/jdesmondharris/status/1158085323785506817
She talked about how her landlord did go to school in the United States so he may never have used a combination lock. After all, most of us learn how to use them because we had a locker at school. That may be true but why couldn’t her partner blow up a balloon?
https://twitter.com/jdesmondharris/status/1158085783141511168
It wasn’t long before a ‘basic life skills’ discussion was rolling.
If you happen to be lacking in any of these life skills, you will probably feel better knowing that other people can’t do them either.
1. Hooking your bra behind your back
https://twitter.com/epicciuto/status/1158135117795209216
https://twitter.com/jdesmondharris/status/1158135305309806593
2. Small talk
https://twitter.com/baddusacid/status/1158160715074564096
https://twitter.com/Jujubees26/status/1158231977532616704
3. Whistling with two fingers
I can't cornrow or whistle that 2-finger whistle to save my life.
— Jaeda Laurez (@DarthJaeda) August 4, 2019
4. Telling time with an analog clock
https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle/status/1158125019173707785
https://twitter.com/avengingmomgel/status/1158125980885671936
5. Navigating
I'm so bad at navigation that my friends use my gut feeling as an indicator of the wrong/opposite direction to go😫.
— Keni 💉💉 (@KeniLF) August 4, 2019
My family and anyone I have ever met has to do the same. It’s confusing for them bc I have a tendency to sound very sure of the directions I’m providing. pic.twitter.com/BwvNjXCb70
— magnolia_nc (@nc_magnolia) August 4, 2019
6. Understanding arrivals and departures at the airport
I overthink the arrival vs departure areas at airports. You're always arriving, even when you're there to depart. Perhaps someone else is arriving, only to later depart. It's a panic inducing couple of min. 😀
— Dr. Serena Caplins (@SapCaps) August 5, 2019
7. Distance estimations
I'm not great at estimating distances or square footage. "Oh, it's about 40 yards away." "Yeah, they just bought a 5,000-square foot house." Shh.
Also, that trick of creating curls or waves with a flat iron? I'm convinced it's fucking sorcery.
— D from The D 🆘 (@DanaKMofo) August 5, 2019
8. Tying a tie
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN TYING A TIE. IVE WATCHED YOUTUBE TUTORIALS AND ALL THAT, STILL CANT DO IT.
— THE KID MERO 🇩🇴 (@THEKIDMERO) August 4, 2019
9. Ironing clothes
definitely ironing. I can iron for 30 minutes and still not get a crease out
— abdullah 🇵🇸 (@AShihipar) August 4, 2019
10. Parallel parking
https://twitter.com/Gayer_Than_Thou/status/1158166390055903232
11. Fitted sheets
https://twitter.com/angieptaylor/status/1158137421273473026
12. Understanding a deductible
The billing lady at my OB tried to explain something about my insurance deductible for about 20 minutes and I almost cried. You could explain deductibles 1000 times to me and I’ll understand it for about 30 seconds, tops.
— SecretlyStephie (@SecretlyStephie) August 4, 2019
13. Winking
https://twitter.com/metisserie/status/1158114837806927872
14. Learning how to float
I can't float in any body of water, used to think it was body composition but then i turned 30 and gained all that weight and still sink so whatever i quit
— Patrick Claybon (@PatrickClaybon) August 4, 2019
15. Knowing right from left
gotta hold up my thumbs to know left from right tbh
— . (@swordsjew) August 4, 2019
16. Learning how to snap
also i can’t snap
— . (@swordsjew) August 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/JenMeanIt/status/1158198834679468032
17. Tying your shoes
Still don't know how to tie my shoes. I mean I do but….not that one loop, wrap the string around, loop it under method. Grown ass man out here still doing the two bunny ears. Sad.
— 🦫✨America Is Musty✨🦫 (@DragonflyJonez) August 4, 2019
We all struggle with something. Misery loves company, and we have lots of it.
Source: Some Ecards
