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There is a belief among the people who live near a nuclear test site in Kazakhstan that they’ve become resistant to radiation and in fact leaving the area is more dangerous to them than staying there.
Of course it’s just a coping strategy to these people that live in extreme poverty and have been neglected by the government, but an interesting way to deal with the situation.
Here’s an article if someone wants to read.
Before this it was anger
How about the Bermuda triangle?
I have moved twice by a bike & trailer, although both times the distance was just a couple blocks. The first time I moved all my stuff (except bed) to another flat and the second time we moved our bike shop to another location, for some heavier items we used a car. Also I’ve carried furniture on a bike, one time a pretty hefty tv table on the rack (with another person walking by and balancing it). I find it amusing that it’s possible to carry a whole table on a bike but not in a (regular) car! :D
Yea, I won’t look into it. 😂
Swimming pool drains. I panic if I get above one. No idea why. I used to love swimming/diving as a kid but I always made sure to stay as far away as I can from the drains. I didn’t go to a swimming pool for like 20 years (mostly because of body dysforia but the drains did play a role as well), only recently I’ve been to a spa - and I’m like a cat with a cucumber around the drains.
Oh, and leeches. Never want to see one of those fuckers in real life.
Also I have a fear of getting worms. One of my late cats got that type which, if in a wrong host, can travel to the eyes.
You have to ask nicely!
Ananas (pineapple) + “nääs” (‘you see’ in Finnish = näetkös, but in local dialect - it’s also a bit of a stereotypical joke that people repeat it too much, like “you know”).
Same same. My SO gravitated to a position (producer) that actually allows them to utilize the ADHD traits in their job. Appatently quite a few of the producers in the company have ADHD.
Me, well I come with autistic features among others and the longest I’ve worked in the same place was like 4 years - and that’s because it was related to my special interest and the others working there were spicy as well. Oh and I had a 4-day work week, which seems like the maximum for me from which I can still recover (if the work is otherwise sustainable). Apart from that my work history is just random shit I’ve done for a few months before burning out or part time/gig courier work. I’m hoping to be a part-time researcher part-time mechanic or something like that in the future, I’d like to think that would balance things out nicely.
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