Well I have a college degree, so people find it funny I never technically graduated high school. Did enough classes to qualify for graduation then ran away halfway through the year and never looked back. I was already enrolled at the college in an arts program so they didn’t ask for the certificate. It didn’t matter until I tried to get a job in a bureaucracy in my 40s and they wanted evidence of high school diploma. Which I didn’t have.
God I hated high school.
I got tossed sophomore year, and got my GED later.
I graduated with a B.S. in engineering a few years ago.
I know them feels
I’ve never watched a football/soccer match. Sure I’ve seen some guys running on a field in the news, or sat in a bar with some screen in the background. But I have never watched a match in person either and have no interest in doing so.
I’ve never watched a hockey match, which is our local religion.
I don’t like or watch hockey but I won tickets to a Canucks game once. It was pretty cool. My favourite part was the timbits team or whatever and it was just a bunch of like 4 and 5 year olds falling all over the ice at half time.
WHAT
I’ve played hockey. You can’t touch me, the covenant still holds.
Never had sex with anyone but my wife. Met her at 17. Now approaching 40.
That’s hard to imagine.
Well shit… I’ve done so much, I’m having trouble thinking of things I haven’t that most people would have done.
In my mid-40s and never have gotten a cavity.
Not many people can say that. You must pay a lot of attention to your brushing.
Someone can feel free to correct me but I’ve read that it’s also partly genetic.
It has to be genetic. My partner brushes AND flosses and I’ve never flossed and had a period of my life raving and staying over places without a toothbrush. Brushing sometimes. I’m in my late 30s and have never had a cavity. They are 30 and have had lots of them.
I’m 38, I’ve had a few cavities, but somehow never a proper cavity search.
You should ask your TSA agent the next time youre at an american airport
38 here, same. The only dental work I’ve had done was orthodontics.
Do you mean other people wouldn’t believe we’ve never done it or that they wouldn’t believe us if we said we did due to being so associated with never having done it?
The former
People often don’t believe I never went to vocal therapy or anything. Some people are skeptical of my NZ accent since I’m not anywhere where it’s common and ask if it’s artificial. If anything, it actually used to sound more Maori-ish, but certain neurological symptoms when I was little caused it to Kiwify. People think I’m just attention-seeking by having an accent I never asked for.
I’m an American and I’ve never had a burger or mac & cheese. Isn’t autism so fun? Yipee!
How does autism affect whether you’ve had mac & cheese or a burger?
(This question is not meant to be accusatory at all, purely curious.)
ARFID. Has a common link to autism, but autism serves as a more overarching issue for me. It’s my refusal to accept therapy due to some weird complex that’s also a problem.
my refusal to accept therapy due to some weird complex that’s also a problem.
Hey, that one I totally get (as a non-autist, but with ADHD and there’s some overlap/camaraderie there).
When I was in college I had a really positive experience with therapy, overall, although my therapist did (rightly) encourage my parents to get me into inpatient psychiatric care for a few days when I was at my lowest point of depression. That inpatient stay was extremely beneficial for me, I came out of it much healthier and in a better place, but I was also brought there against my will.
Since then I’ve had a weird thing where I cognitively know I should go to therapy, but I just cannot bring myself to do it. I fully understand inpatient was the right call, my therapist did the right thing, therapy is very helpful, and there are plenty of other therapists anyway. But I still have this like, nagging anxiety about it. Loss of freedom can do weird things to the psyche.
Fortunately I’ve had some recent positive experience, since my wife and I decided to go to some couples’ therapy (nothing serious, just wanted to make sure we can have as healthy a relationship as possible) and it helped a lot. So I’m starting to reconsider the whole notion.
This was legitimately in my meme folder
hook it up with some memes at !ausomememes@lemmy.autism.place
I’ve never eaten lobster. I’m not the slightest bit tempted to eat your bug meat that’s only palatable when slathered in butter.
Honestly it’s relatively flavourless. Have Crayfish in NZ instead. Smaller animal, far more flavour.
- graduated high school and college without ever taking a dedicated biology or chemistry class.
- never broken a bone.
- never stung by a (live) bee (have stepped on a dead one, though).
- can’t say “never” any more, but I was into my 40s before ever having my blood drawn.
- have smelled, but have never even seen marijuana, let alone smoked any.
How could you tell the bee was dead when you stepped on it and not killed by you stepping on it?
I didn’t even see it. My brother, unhelpfully, said it had been there a while. We were pretty young, so I never questioned it. Maybe I should have.
I’ve never been stung by a bee either! I’ve had a wasp get me a few times but bees and I have a unspoken truce, I guess. We have carpender bees all around our house and my wife hates them but I enjoy watching them have those valiant mid-air dog fights. Those little bastards can scrap. They never bother or dive bomb me but sometimes they get curious and kinda hover around me, presumably doing a bee’s version of a vibe check. I dont run or swat at them and they just peace out after maybe 15-20 seconds and then ignore me next time Im outside in “their” territory. … My wife on the other hand, swats, screams and runs from them and they’ll straight up go after her. She clearly does not pass the vibe check. It’s wild.
but I was into my 40s before ever having my blood drawn.
What? You never went to hospital?
Never learned to ride a bicycle.
Heyo, me too! I tried as a kid and busted my knee when I fell off, and gave it up.
I’ve been afraid of falling since I was very very young, so that’s what led me to never want to ride :)
The first wedding I ever attended was my own…and I was 35. I somehow had friends & family who didn’t get or were already married my entire life.
Still never been to a birth or a funeral.
Never went to public or private school until university.
I’ve never been to a concert, that seems to be one that people find bizarre
Just sad. My stepsons had never been to a concert and my kids thought that was crazy because I had brought them to shows since they were babies. Like, I can remember my first show but they can’t. They all love music now.
I love music but I’ve just never been, if someone invited me sure I’d go, but other than that not sure why I would want to. At this point I’m probably getting too old for that crowd anyway
As a show goes that loves to vibe towards the back, I encourage you to go.
Shows are great. You don’t need to fight crowds, be up front, or dance if you don’t want to. I prefer small shows, usually at bars. But even large stadium shows have an energy that’s hard to describe.
We would invite you, and never too old! I go by myself sometimes too, that is also fun. Can just listen to the music without having to socialize. Live music is just one of the best things ever.
Do you live in or near a big metropolitan area? If so you can probably fulfill this one within the month depending on how broad your musical tastes are. Some shows are prohibitively expensive, but a lot of smaller ones are remarkably affordable.
Edit: I myself enjoy a decently broad range of music. One of my favorite types of concerts, though, is when the local symphony puts on a movie and they play the soundtrack. These are really fun because you get to go to a symphony concert but if you get bored you can watch a movie!
I’ve never seen the ocean
You should, it’s pretty nice.
Kinda big scary lake init?
Not too scary - plus it goes splash all on its own!
Big lakes do that as well
Have you also never left Philadelphia?
I’ve never had a fever.
I can’t decide if that’s good or bad.
Bad. If you’ve never had a fever, check for AIDS, and not the peanut butter kind.
Bullshit. You would never have survived infancy.
Yes you have.
