My story is less destruction and more funny.
So, while very tired, I managed to find myself at a local coffee shop. I ordered my coffee, went over to the stand where the milk/sugar and stuff is.
What I intended to do next was to get a couple of sugar packets and put them into my coffee, and throw away the paper package, as usual.
What I actually did was, grab two sugar packets, tear them open and dump their contents directly into… the trash. Yep. My brain skipped over the part where this step requires putting the package contents into my coffee.
I stood there for a minute while my brain tried to process what I had just done.
Once my brain caught up, I mentally facepalmed, dropped the now empty packets into the garbage, grabbed my coffee and went to sit down and drink it. I punished myself with drinking black coffee because I was too tired and stupid to deserve my coffee any other way.
I’ve done things along this line too many times since having kids lol
Worst lately was trying to get a juice box for the kid and intending to throw away the straw wrapper but instead throwing away the straw and being left with a kid pissed at having no straw to drink her juice box
Not going to sleep even harder
Took some nyquil because I wasn’t feeling well, I had stayed up until like 4 and I was too tired to realize that the drowsiness wouldn’t wear off before I woke up. Got up feeling almost drunk and drove to work. I feel asleep on the road and woke up with just enough time to slow down before rear ending someone at 50 mph.
Reason #21 that my mid-life crisis hasn’t led to me buying a motorbike yet
Personally, I’m inching closer and closer to that bad decision. I recently found out Suzuki brought back the small displacement GSXR and it’s cheap! Not a good combo for keeping me on 4 wheels. Worlds ending anyhow, right?
Like 90% of motorcycle collisions are the driver running into something. Not being hit, not mechanical problems, not external forces.
If you only ride when you know you’re good, you’re as safe as a car.
If you only have a bike bikes are dangerous. If you default to a car and ride a bike recreationally, or for chores where you aren’t in a rush, you’ll be fine.
I’m honestly not worried about me. I’m worried about the rest of the morons on the road, not paying attention. I drive a Miata and an RX7, so both short cars. The amount of times I’ve nearly been run over, because someone doesn’t see me is crazy. A bike won’t be better.
Like I said, the lions share of motorcycle collisions is the rider running into something. With a motorcycle you’re exponentially more aware of other drivers and much more maneuverable. Once you think of EVERY car on the road as the moron trying to hit you, you can avoid it even if it was intentional. Which it never is, which means its even easier.
Take like 1 in-person motorcycle class and as long as you don’t hit something or run off the road you’ll be fine. Most insurance companies will even give you a discount once you take the class(my discount applies to my car as well)
I’ve been rear-ended three times in my car, twice while I had been stationary at a light for at least 5 seconds
Things like that are pretty much out of your control and go from annoying in a car, to injury or even death on a bike
Try phenegran 50mg. It doesn’t make me drowsy in the morning. Or just 25mg.
I just use dayquil now but thanks for the rec, I’ll have to check that one out
Put my phone in the washing machine with my clothes.
It didn’t survive, RIP Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, you were a pretty good phone back in the day.
Put sneakers in the fridge.
Spoon wet dog food into my coffee cup instead of my dog’s bowl.
In a similar vein, I was making coffee and my dogs food at the same time. Scooped coffee grounds on top of my dogs biscuits. Brain took a while to get in gear at what was wrong
I think we all just need more sleep and the 8 hour work day is unnatural.
It’s insane to me that the US has not moved past 1940s workers rights. The middle and lower class is being crushed, not to the same extent but it’s bad
It is very bad. We should seriously riot everywhere.
I’ve scooped newly opened can of cat food right into the bin haha, but in my coffee def would have been worse!
Thankfully I didn’t drink any!
My brain switched yawning with moaning. Lets just say that wasn’t the proudest day of my adult work life
Really trying to imagine what this looked like lol
Probably didn’t look much different than a person yawning.
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Attempt to drive home after being awake for ~2 days. Flipped my vehicle several times and luckily came away with no serious physical injuries.
Just done a 11hr 550mile drive on 3hrs sleep. Nearly 24hrs awake now. Was touch and go but 2days without sleep is worse. It’s not something I’d do again as It’s dangerous.
Although, the amount of people using phones while doing 80 and causing incidents is worse.
Not really sleep deprived but in a groggy morning state.
I wear contact lenses. The morning time process of putting them on is very similar to the night time process of taking them off. On several occasions I confused these two processes and it always happened in the morning. I basically attempt to remove my contacts even though they’re not in. I take my thumb and index finger and grip my bare eyeball in a gentle pinching motion. i do this multiple times before realizing my mistake. Lol turns out you can touch your bare eye with zero pain or discomfort
I’ve put a plastic bowl full with liquid chocolate on the stove instead of the coffee maker.
Also, once I microwaved butter in aluminum foil for like 5-6 seconds and wondered why is there firework inside.
Crash my car into a rock wall at 30 km/h. I’m glad I had dropped off my passenger because the passenger side no longer had leg space.
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I hallucinated a werewolf and slammed on the brakes of an 8 ton military vehicle in rural Afghanistan, causing a patrol to go on alert for an attack.
Could be worse - a sleep-deprived navy crew crashed the USS McCain into a tanker
Yep. That’s definitely worse.
Pour applejuice in my coffee instead of milk.
