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For example, today i nearly set my house on fire after forgetting a pan on the stove.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Agreed to manage our clients AVD environment.

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Bought 2 bananas and 2 apples for work, but forgot to take the receipt. That small 2$ mistake, was apparently enough to make our "smart and automated" accounting system brick itself. Woups.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Just scribble "fuck you it's two dollars" on a napkin and scan that in.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 6 points 17 hours ago

Username checks out

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I had sex with a girl way out of my league. Usually I fuck down.

I See what you did there

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[–] randombullet@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I changed a native vlan on a switch. Took down an entire campus.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] randombullet@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago

Well. The management VLAN is within the trunk... So I had to walk out there and fix it via console cable.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

Oh-ho-ho. Condolences, my net dude.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I'm on vacation and I stepped on a red anthill, and by stepped on I mean I sat on a ledge with my foot hanging over the anthill for about 10 minutes before stepping down onto it.

Stuck my foot in the pool to try to get rid of them only to ruin my only pair of pants and walking shoes I had for 3 days before we could do laundry/get the shoe dry. Also they just do not sell afterbite where I am so I've been trying different shitty creams that haven't done much for the ~15 ant bites I have on my leg.

Also this was a few days after I forgot one of our travelling phones on a bus and it was not recovered.

Also, it was my only pair of pants because I had ruined my other pair of pants when I slipped and fell into a puddle.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

"... The very pants he was wearing..."

[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hopefully your vacation takes a turn for the better after all that.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

fuck me, what a shitty week

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Don't jinx him or the universe will give him a sore tummy.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 5 points 23 hours ago

Bumped into something sharp and it cut me. No biggie. Except for the part where I haven't self harmed in 3.5 years and it looks EXACTLY like something I would've done intentionally. Mildly triggering. I'll live though.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My friend wants to play games with me last weekend, but I completely forgot. It's something she wanted to do for her birthday since we're states apart and our schedules are weird. She said she's fine, but I can tell I disappointed her by missing such a simple request and I feel absolutely terrible.

However, it was a wake up call. I've been very lethargic and tired, but I just kind of ignored it, but it's now affecting my friendship, so I'm going to try to make some changes to help with my energy. I don't want to disappoint her again if I can help it.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I think I'm in a similar situation, and I totally get how your condition affecting others is a way bigger motivator than it affecting yourself. I just wish I could tell my subconscious that I'm actually a friend, as well

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You're not supposed to do that. Rookie mistake.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I saw online a cool idea for “pinwheel burgers” and wanted to make them for my kids.

  • assembled them after work, had the younger one select and apply the spices
  • discovered most of the veggies were dead, and I never bought Cole slaw or cucumbers
  • put them on the grill but when I went to flip them discovered I’d run out of propane
  • restarted with a new tank but went inside because of the heat and humidity
  • came out to flip the burgers and discovered a raging fire, and burgers like hockey pucks.

Luckily I had sufficient backup but after anticipating a new variation of burger and a new variation of Cole slaw, we had dinner two hours late, plain burgers, no veggies

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yesterday I didn’t sleep, it was hot and couldn’t sleep.

Got up at 4am, went to work, ran errands. Then as I was driving I put the car in reverse in the freeway instead of 6th gear. What the fuck. Grinding noise.

Turns out the car no longer goes in reverse. I believe I bent the teeth in the synchro gears. Fuuuu, need to pull the transmission and take it all apart. I don’t even have concrete or anything yet. I have lived here 6 months on raw land. I guess for the next few years I need to push the car if I get stuck lol

I plan to have an automotive workshop when we build the garage, but that might be a few years away.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Does 1st still work? Reverse isn't usually synchro'd, it's just an idler for 1st to reverse the rotation of the output shaft.

If 1st still works, then your probably just chewed all the teeth off the idler, or shattered the gear.

Anyway. I'm impressed you managed to force it into reverse at highway speeds, that takes some serious strength (props to your shifter and linkages too), and your transmission is full of metal shavings at this point, so if you are going to drive without fixing it for a while, at least flush the fluid out.

Have fun using the Flintstone drive for reversing.

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

1st works fine. I didn’t force it, just shifted like normal, and knew something was wrong when there was a grinding noise. Hopefully we don’t have to push it. I once owned a stick shift car that the starter didn’t work, we had to push start it each time lol at least until I change the starter.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. You probably just blew up that reverse idler then. Not sure if that is easier or harder to fix TBH. Disassembling the whole transmission isn't something I wouldn't do, but I could see myself dropping in a junkyard transmission, and doing my clutch and rear main seal at the same time since you're going to have everything off and drained anyway.

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sad thing is the car only haas about 60,000 miles and the clutch bearing died about a month ago. Wasted $2,000 to have a new clutch installed because I’m on raw land and i have not built my garage yet.

Once I build my garage I plan to have a concrete pad poured so I can add a car lift. Might be a few years until I can work on this car and it’s our only car at the moment and I live in the middle of nowhere.

But good news I did buy a pickup truck on Tuesday, they are mailing the keys, title, bill of sale. So hopefully by next week we have another vehicle to drive around here. Sadly the owner died, but that’s how I got a great price on it.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I too, killed the last owner of my car to get a good deal.

[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is a bad fuck up :/ I'm sorry that happened to you, I've almost done it myself.

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[–] streamer272@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Accidentally put a hot pan on the couch (don't ask) and it BURNED A HOLE in the couch

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago

Consider this me asking

[–] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Left my iron plugged in for a week without realizing it.

Accidentally caused massive heat wave. Sorry folks, but I unplugged it so temps should start to go down now.

You mind leaving it plugged in mid January and through Feb? Maybe cycle it a bit so we still get snow, but not below freezing temps.

[–] ActuallyGoingCrazy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I made a move on a coworker I really like. Asked her if she wanted to fool around because I thought I would only be around for another week or two. But now that I've found a new place to live around here, it made me realize how shitty my train of thought was to put her in that sort of position.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 74 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I wrote a long thoughtful reply to a heavily downvoted post only to find the post had been deleted before I could hit submit, and I hadn't copied the text.

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I once forgot to turn off a stove burner and burned a hole in an oven mitt

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[–] Capitanmaroon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By stepping back into an abusive relationship and not knowing how to get out without fear of the person committing suicide and leaving 3 children with no parent.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Their choices are not your responsibility.

Their choices are not dependent on your choices.

You choose your own actions. You don't control theirs.

Fear is just a feeling, don't let it control you or stop you. Face it. Deal with it. Don't listen to it.

I can see you on the hill
Comatose but walking still
Curves beneath your flowing gown
Only I could bring you down

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

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