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by jaggederest 375 days ago
So I'm on the other end of the number line from the SDAM folks and I'm kind of mind blown that people don't remember when they trip, I remember at least 6 instances off the top of my head. Ditto feet touching each other - which shoes I was wearing, what the weather was like, where I was at. The bus question I would have to dig a little but I'm sure it happened at least once.
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That's wild. I can remember categories of tripping. For example, I know that one of the more frequent ones involves stupid cats who don't realize that it's a bad idea to walk in front of a rapidly moving creature who outweighs them by a factor of 13. But I can't recall any specific instance of it.
I remember tripping as a child (ice cream truck...), in middle school (stairs), in high school (book bag), while getting coffee over a decade ago with coworkers (sciatica). I couldn't necessarily tell you which dates those happened on but could probably get it within a month or so.
I don't trip over that often, I remember like 1 time in the past 2 years I tripped over. Maybe people just don't trip over that much.
I mean I remember tripping when I was 5, 15, and 25, and I'm 42 now so I don't trip that often, I just remember everything.