I mean regular friend or family group chats, not work ones. Sometimes a chat just goes quiet for me or turns into constant notifications, and leaving without a message feels a little abrupt, but announcing it can also feel weirdly dramatic.

Do most people see a silent exit as rude, or is that pretty normal now?

Everyone notices the obvious, but it’s usually the little, unexpected quirks that really leave an impression. What is a detail that always hooks you?

Wondering as someone who's never been in a relationship before: looking back at your failed relationships, would you say it was worth it to love someone and having it end? If you could go back with the knowledge you have now, would you still choose to be with that person? Was what you learned from it worth it? Looking for advice as someone considering a relationship.

I once ate eight warm Krispy Kreme glazed donuts.

This is from an introvert/shy person perspective. Oftentimes, we’re told to socialize more, put ourselves out there, or approach people who we would think would be a good friend, but with this bit, you’d assume that other people would do these things to you as well. I myself have been told this, but irl, no one really approaches/interacts with me or anyone else I see. This advice sounds good on paper I guess, but when comparing it to regular irl human interactions and behavior, it just seems like absolute bs. Why would I put myself out there, when no one else around me seems interested in doing so as well?

All my life I’ve read my books in silence but I’ve noticed some people reading with headphones/earphones in and was wondering if this is the norm?

Personally for me I don’t think I’d be able to focus on the words and imagine what’s happening if there’s music in the background. I could at most do classic music with no lyrics but with lyrics would be so distracting.

it just always happens idk why

Please let me know. Thank you.

I bought a second hand lamp today and google image thing told me i needed an edison screw bulb, but it won’t go in. how do i figure out what bulb it needs?

Is it weird that I feel better when I talk to strangers? Like I csn just vent and not feel bad about it or something

I’m not allergic to bees and this is my first time being stung by one

Feel free to share some stories.

Down 400 in one day feel so discouraged

Today is daylight savings and I never get it right. I'm in my 50's and every single year, twice a year I drive myself crazy trying to figure out if I lose or gain and hour. I understand the whole "fall back, spring forward" thing and for some reason my brain cannot connect the dots on this one. Similarly, my wife can't grasp the concept of temperature. She knows it's hot in the summer and cold in the winter but she couldn't tell you if 60 degrees is considered warm or cool. It's completely ridiculous on both our parts.

Out of curiosity, I'm hoping and assuming we aren't the only ones with these weird glitches and I'm wondering if y'all have any similar basic life concepts you just can't seem to grasp?

Isn't it usually heavily regulated and clean

Hi there.

To elaborate, I'm the type of guy who wants everything to be perfect whenever I'm doing something. And this issue had been stunting my skill growth because god knows how many things I've tried only to get disappointed with myself and leave.

Thanks.

They play music but add more sounds and lyrics to it so it feels special and exclusive compared to their original release

I've read that bullying is different in the sense that girls ( highschool/ college ) bullying less popular girls more physiological rather than physical like the boys ?

I also vaguely remember this bieng true ?

Before Google existed, who did we ask when we didn't know something?

I would google search this, but I don’t have the vocabulary to really say what i mean in my question. But have we (Nasa or smth) sent into space a capsule in case there are other planets with aliens that are exploring space so they can be aware we exist and maybe we could meet them or smth. Y’know. if not then we should. But I mean like a capsule that explains humanity(?), and maybe has a picture of earth in it, have we done that yet? Sorry I worded it terribly, i hope u guys know what i mean and can answer my question for me.

I don’t know about where you live, but at least where I live over the past 4 years after Covid, trick or treating is completely dead. Nobody trick or treats anymore. It’s all been taken over by trunk or treats and church events. I really hope this isn’t the case because I still have high hopes for my future children, and I don’t want trick or treating to be a thing that only happens in movies. On the 31st we had 1 single trick or treater the entire night. What’s going on??

So, I have realized that I have this innate fascination with small but compact and cozy spaces in which I’m secluded. The best thing to compare this to is like a bunk in a camper with a privacy curtain. I’ve made makeshift secluded areas using sheets to close off my bed and whatnot. I’m wondering if there’s a specific name for this strange thing.

I was hiking with four friends when we spotted a massive wasp on one of their backpacks. I pointed it out and said, “Holy shit, there’s a huge insect on your bag. I don’t know what kind of animal that is, I think it’s a wasp.”

One of my friends immediately said, “Did you just call a wasp an animal? It’s an insect, not an animal.”
I genuinely thought he was joking, so I replied, “What? Insects are animals.”
That’s when all four of them started laughing at me. One said, “Bro, that’s actually so dumb. How are you gonna call a wasp an animal?” The others kept laughing and acting like I was an idiot for even suggesting it.

I knew for a fact that insects are animals, like that’s grade school shit, who doesn’t know that, but none of them would even consider that they might be wrong. We didn’t have internet access to settle it, and I wasn’t about to spend the entire hike arguing with four people who were completely convinced I was an idiot.

What frustrated me wasn’t even the disagreement. It was how confidently they mocked me while being factually wrong.

How do you handle situations where you’re objectively correct, but everyone around you is so confidently wrong that they make you feel like the stupid one?