Anything athletic; unusual in the fact I'm healthy/slim/etc. Name a single sport or exercise and I wouldn't even have the basics down. Except for any aquatic activities which I just never got the hang of (can't even swim), when taking physical tests at school which were often timed, I'd do what my teacher would call trolling the grading system by starting out laggy/slow, followed by performing a nanosecond better each time to fulfill expectations.
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Most people I know can snap their fingers. I cannot. When I do, it barely makes a sound.
I’m not good at video games. I love playing them but can’t play anything past the easiest levels or beginner settings. Getting destroyed and trashed talked online by 12 year olds is embarrassing 😂
I can't keep my shoes tied to save my life. I feel like a toddler. They will come untied within 5-10 minutes of tying them unless they're double knotted.
I've done my best to get rid of shoes with laces in my life because it's both humiliating and so frustrating
If you do end up in shoes you need to tie. The issue may be that when you tie your shoes the knot is a granny knot instead of a square knot. To make the square knot,
take both strands Pass left around right Make a loop with the left and wrap the right lace over and around and pull through as a bow.
You can check if you got it, depend on if the bow is straight across side-to-side. If the bow ears are crooked or up-down, it is a granny knot. You can undo the last step and wrap the opposite direction. Hope this helps!
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I'm the opposite. Hand me a map and I'm absolutely clueless. But if you tell me "xyz place is by [redacted] theater" I'll be able to find it a lot faster than looking at any sort of map. Only works in my hometown, though.
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This advice is brilliant!
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Same. I can barely even dream, something most aphantasiacs can at least do regularly.
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Well, considering most people look the same or very similar to me, I'd say yes, it's related.
The condition is called aphantasia, in case you didn't know and want to read more, but not much is known about it.
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