‘What is a basic adult skill that your brain just literally refuses to learn?’ – 21 abilities that are inexplicably hard to master
13.
‘Sometimes I wonder if I have mild face blindness or something because I am TERRIBLE at recognising people. And if they look anything alike, I will get them mixed up. I switch jobs pretty often and it takes me like a year to finally know who everybody is. Bad at names too but it’s really the faces that get me more.’
–HotSauceSwagBag
14.
‘Calculating ‘percent off’ for items on sale. Every time.’
–DrewHunterTn
15.
‘Touch typing. I type by the Biblical system ‘seek and you shall find’.’
–Puckhead1973
16.
‘Cleaning as I go.’
–r00minatin
17.
‘How many days each month has in it. Most people learn that shit when they’re kids. But my brain? It. Simply. Will. Not. Learn. Fucking embarrassing is what it is. I’ve tried learning that rhyme too, but my asshat brain can’t remember that either.’
–Necroluster
18.
‘Making myself go to bed at a reasonable time. I just can’t do it.’
–raineylovesyou
19.
‘Whistle.’
–msktcher
20.
‘Ending a phone call. Once the actual business is done, my brain enters panic mode. Do I say ‘take care’? ‘Talk soon’? I usually end up saying ‘You too’ to something they didn’t even say and then hanging up as fast as possible.’
–Inorbit12
21.
‘How to make spaghetti. I can make super complicated dishes but somehow timing the noodles and the meat/sauce and cooking the correct ratios just breaks my brain.’
–TiredMotherOfChaos
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