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SSNs4evr t1_ixzij9k wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIFU by saying 'Men are born drivers' infront of my two senior female co-workers. TL;DR by ioncarelol

I don't know one way or the other, but I'm a man, and my wife always makes me drive. I'm competent, confident, and all that other crap men are supposed to be, and at 51, I'm mellow and mature enough to not get sucked up into the "who's got the bigger cock" stuff. From my perspective anyway, if I have to drive all the time, statistically I'm destined to be involved in more of the good and bad that comes with driving.

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RosebushRaven t1_ixzi8ie wrote

Reply to comment by dragonfeet1 in TIFU by making a pregnant woman lose her lunch in my ambulance by Ok_Interview_1739

Or sniff tooth paste with menthol taste. I swore by that when I had recurrent gastritis. Less effective against pregnancy sickness, but it did help. My mom says green apples freshly out of the fridge help too for some reason. Apparently that’s from Ukrainian folk medicine, something a travnica, an (often elderly) woman who knows about traditional herbal medicine, would recommend.

Never tried the latter though, I forgot about it. Nor did she remind me. But then I doubt a mere apple in the morning would’ve done anything. I was nauseous 24/7, not just in the morning.

And whether I knew pregnant women often have heightened senses, OP? Well… yeaaaah I’d say I do: I already have a congenitally quite heightened sense of smell (and other senses) in general. Like milk smelling sour for me, days before other people agree it’s spoiled, smelling mold instantly when opening the fridge before I even have an idea what may be moldy (and then after a thorough search it’s a tiny speck on some random raspberry or something like that), smelling even tiny bits of mold mycel in bread that are only visible under the microscope (yes, I’ve broken the bread to crumbs and inspected it meticulously on occasion, you couldn’t see any mold with the unarmed eye, but the distinct smell was definitely there). Now picture that, but increased by order of magnitude!

While I was pregnant I felt like I became dogwoman suddenly! Some bread — cheap industrial bread that even for me had a rather faint smell previously, and was mold-free, mind you — I could smell 15ft away in its original package with an intensity as if it was stuffed right into my nose. My BF had to buy half a dozen different liquid soaps because the horrid chemical smells kept nauseating me. Toilet visits were literal olfactory torture (pregnancy is when you realise you can actually torture people with nasty smells)… And don’t even get me started on the smell of vomit. Imagine cycle-vomiting because the smell of your own vomit makes you throw up again and again and again in a loop, even though you’d barely been eating due to the constant sickness and think your stomach should be thoroughly empty by now… so you can dry heave for another hour, yaaaay!

Nevermind an extreme unprecedented sensitivity to the smell of mold (as I said, I used to be sensitive to it, probably due to asthma and allergy, but not that sensitive) which I always hated and made me even more sick than those darn soaps (that smelled like an entire cheap toilet spray ingredient factory) and almost as bad as the loop-puking. Such a rancid fart would’ve definitely made me projectile vomit as well. In a split-second, so probably all over you, OP, rather than the wall, unless you’re a fast jumper.

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Fearless_Mirror_5156 t1_ixzgbbe wrote

Reply to TIFU By Urinating on my Girlfriend's Foot by SubstantialEnding

bro u sexually assaulted her. stop with ur its just piss comments, it could be just filtered water for all anyone fucking cares, u still committed an act of ASSAULT. i hope she dumps ur ass and i hope u learn to not to be this way to any girlfriend in the future, for their sake. ur a disgusting human being.

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Plenty_Intention1991 t1_ixzg8k2 wrote

Reply to comment by Harry_Gorilla in TIFU by saying 'Men are born drivers' infront of my two senior female co-workers. TL;DR by ioncarelol

This is the wrong take and I’m afraid your logic is a bit warped. Talking about rain in the summer isn’t the same thing. It’s fine to say you like something if that’s your preference but Summer isn’t the same qualifier as driver. For example he could have even said “I like males in the Summer” and there would be no issue, but if he says “I like male doctors” the qualifier of a specific job or task is where it becomes a problem.

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serf_mobile t1_ixzfzzv wrote

Reply to TIFU by saying 'Men are born drivers' infront of my two senior female co-workers. TL;DR by ioncarelol

In my 20ish years of driving I have personally witnessed AT LEAST as many men doing the absolute dumbest shit behind the wheel as women, if not more. Anecdotal opinion - each does different dumb things more frequently than the other.

Just apologize, admit fault for saying something dumb, and they'll probably be fine so everyone moves on.

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Harry_Gorilla t1_ixzdzx7 wrote

Reply to TIFU by saying 'Men are born drivers' infront of my two senior female co-workers. TL;DR by ioncarelol

People shouldn’t assume that you meant to imply the opposite of what you say. Unless you really emphasized “MEN” and made a knowing look at all the women around you or w/e. It’s like if you said “I like rain in the summer.” That statement doesn’t imply or insinuate that you don’t like rain at other times, or that you do like other weather at other times.

That said… the common bias that women are worse drivers than men is well known, so there is a case that you should have known better. You didn’t say anything offensive, and she’s projecting her own issues into what you said

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Squigglepig52 t1_ixzdpbz wrote

Reply to TIFU by riding an electric bike in eastern poland by wallabeans

I knew a WW2 Vet, dude finished as a Regimental Sargent Major. Blackie. Super nice guy, just a little brick of upbeatness.

I worked at a mall. One day, a group of teen boys were being all obnoxious and stuff just inside the mall.

Blackie walks in "YOU MEN STAND DOWN!". Everybody in earshot froze and stood up straight.

Teens quietly apologize and walk out.

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slimzimm t1_ixzcfj9 wrote

Reply to TIFU by saying 'Men are born drivers' infront of my two senior female co-workers. TL;DR by ioncarelol

Maybe a little sexist and something you should try to tamper down at work. When you exclude any group of people from a more “elite” group of people, you’re qualifying them as “less than” and that’s not good to put into your superiors mind. Closed door, you and I just talking, yeah maybe men are better at driving because on average we are pushed to be physical and care about cars, and men are better at spacial reasoning than women on psychological tests, but it’s also true that some women are better than some men at driving. Therefore to say that men are born drivers comes off as exclusionary. Women can be excellent drivers too. You live and learn, it’ll probably be forgotten soon but just try to keep in mind that at work the best policy is to think about how others will perceive your thoughts and use inclusive language.

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Outside_Cod667 t1_ixzbqtw wrote

Reply to TIFU by saying 'Men are born drivers' infront of my two senior female co-workers. TL;DR by ioncarelol

I get that you didn't intend to be offensive. You basically said, "All men know how to drive, and you were suggesting that women do not know how to drive and that men are naturally better at it.

It's also not true. Statistically, men get in more accidents. They tend to be more confident drivers, and engage in riskier behavior while driving. Confidence doesn't mean you're a better driver.

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