• @radix
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    51 month ago
    • 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.
    • @Majestix
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      41 month ago

      How could you tell the bee was dead when you stepped on it and not killed by you stepping on it?

      • @radix
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        31 month ago

        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.

    • @JPSound
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      31 month ago

      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.

    • TwinTusks
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      1 month ago

      but I was into my 40s before ever having my blood drawn.

      What? You never went to hospital?

      • @radix
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        11 month ago

        Nope.

        First blood draw was just shy of 43yo, and that was for a new life insurance policy, so it was a contract nurse in my own living room.

        I have become more familiar with the hospital recently, however.