• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    tell us a fun fact about yourself

    I love these questions because I use it as an excuse to “trauma dump” things to the group and act like it’s the most normal thing ever.

    of course none of it was true, but man…did I sell it enough that they never asked the groups I was in those kinds of questions again.

    example

    I found out when I was 7 that I was able to dislocate my shoulder when my father yanked on my arm hard enough when he caught me sneaking food. it was cool while I was in school because I could get out of gym and not have to explain all the bruising on my back in the locker room. I can’t do it anymore as it’s just too painful to pop it back into place. 😁

    everyone else 😶😬😐😟

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      17 days ago

      “Hey did I tell you guys about that time I got arrested?”

      “That wasn’t on your background check? 😬!”

      “I got it expunged 😉”

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      “I learned how to lay bricks when I was 10 because when mum hung herself dad made us brick up the closet where she did it so we would never be able to go in there where the demon who made her do it would do it to us too. My favorite part was mixing the cement with the trowel, it’s so satisfying.”

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    “I know a lot of uncomfortable trivia due to hyperfixation caused by ADHD and your reaction to it is more of a you problem” then a blank stare.

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    16 days ago

    Fucking nightmare.

    On my last corpo job onboarding there were about 50 new starters and the HR lady pulled out a microphone and asked everyone to share something interesting about themselves as an ice breaker.

    You could hear the cringe in the air. I just said that I like coffee.

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    We had one where we had to share a fun fact about our names. I opened with “actually I’ve got a fake name” and freaked out my boss, it was fun. My ancestor made up a fake name while emigrating over a century ago.

  • NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca
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    17 days ago

    I’d love to know how the person who came up with that idea was raised. Are they completely oblivious to social interaction? Are they missing a fundamental piece of neurology?

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      17 days ago

      Look at the blue balloon melding into the chair. Once you see it & realize this is entirely an ai image, you’ll discard all your questions and click away to the next post for amusement.

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    17 days ago

    A fun fact about myself is that I hate being forced to tell other people fun facts about myself