So I happen to have a lot of dumb autopilot moments yk, like grabbing at something that isn’t there (like reaching for a cup). or trying to catch my phone but I end up hitting it into the wall… etc. these are fairly normal, understandable even.
But even then that can’t compare to the dumbest thing that I’ve done on mental autopilot:
Once I went into the bathroom and turned off the lights and wondered why the room wasn’t brighter
Now I’m curious: what’s strangest/dumbest thing y’all’ve done on mental autopilot?
Well I cant remember everything I’ve done, but someone I know once put their phone in the microwave instead of their coffee and started it and broke it lol.
This is probably normal but the weirdest thing I can think of rn (I have had much worse tho)
So I love eating the stir fry noodles in a cup and make them a bunch. So the instructions say to fill it with water then put it in the microwave for 4 minutes. I completely forgot to put the water in so I just heated it for 4 minutes in the microwave and wondered why it was still uncooked
I know sometimes when I’m serving myself food, I serve myself a lot bcuz I’m thinking of other stuff and I’m just scooping and scooping and scooping rice into my plate
Like I threw away a brand new popsicle instead of the wrapper, eaten a fork full of nothing, and searched for my phone for a full 5 minutes all while it was in my hand the whole time ToT
I just remembered another thing… I’ve done it multiple times where I’ll adjust my “glasses” when I’m wearing contacts -__-
I’ve done so many dumb things but the only one I can think of right know is, when I am eating with a paper plate and a fork and then when I go to put it away, I put the paper plate in the sink and the fork in the garbage
I’ve forgotten to take my really really expensive hearing aids out when I get wet. Forgetting a few times when I shower is bad enough, but just last week, I went to the public pool and dunked my head without taking them out. I instantly realized my mistake and was able to dry them out and they are working fine (they actually have a very high water rating, I just don’t want to trust it).
I’ve got a funny hearing loss, so I have to have a top tier model for hearing aids to help me at all. I have to remind myself I’m wearing them.
My mom just got home, so the garage doors (the one leading to the garage, and the one you use to get the cars out) were open. I went outside for the first time in days like the little troll I am, and went to the side of our house. (We have this sidewalk type thing wrapping around one side of our house that we got built along with our patio.) I wasn’t really processing anything, just kinda existing, then decided to go back inside. I walked to find the garage doors closed. At that point, I completely forgot how I got outside. I started walking around completely confused, wondering how the freak I got out. I checked every door (But didn’t open the exterior garage door from the outside, because “ThAt CaN’t Be It.”), and eventually my mom opened the sliding door in the back and I got in. I told her about this and she told me she closed the garage doors and that I was an idiot.
I also started panicking that I lost my phone while on call with my mom, and told her, "Oh my gosh, I can’t find my phone!) Took me a full 30 seconds to realize.
These are all 100% true btw, I can be an absolute idiot at times.
Idk if this counts as dumb or strange, but I have to take 2 meds at night, one is 12 drops for anxiety and the other is 25 to sleep… as you can imagine, more than once I caught myself putting 25 drops instead of 12
Using the wrong hook for something. Like, I maybe have 2 different size crochet hooks beside me, and for some reason I always accidentally pick the wrong one.
Also, for some reason EVERY DANG DAY in orchestra, whenever my teacher has us mark smth in out music, I always drop the pencil at least a half a foot away from the stand… My friends are amazed by how I manage to do it every single day completely on accident
