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CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#1: Mar 24th 2023 at 1:35:20 AM

Y'know those times where you do something odd and everyone looks at you like you came from another planet, or something doesn't go as planned and everyone winds up staring at each other wondering what to do?

I remember when I was really young, I went to South Korea and stayed there for quite a bit. So, I obviously had to go to school there for a bit too. This was when I was really young, so it had to be when I was in kindergarten or at least a little bit above that. When it was time to eat, I had a tray of rice in front of me. But there were no utensils.

Back at Saudi Arabia, we tend to eat with our hands depending on the dish...especially if it involves rice. So, my little brain thought that no utensils = eat with hands just like how I saw other people do that. So I scooped up some rice, and ate it.

Cue everyone staring at me and the teacher telling me that utensils are coming. Wasn't exactly the best way to find out the differences between South Korea and Saudi Arabia, but hey, it isn't the worst.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#2: Mar 24th 2023 at 4:24:32 AM

I have TOO many embarrassing moments that cause me to c r i n ge just by thinking of them so I dont feel like typing them out

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#3: Mar 24th 2023 at 2:23:09 PM

Once, when I was a kid, I was cold, so I tried warming my hands up... on my crotch! My teacher thought that I had to pee and didn't believe me when I told the truth! But who would make something like that up!?

For every low there is a high.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#4: Mar 24th 2023 at 5:41:08 PM

I was a tomboy back in the day (still am but I've mellowed) and only really had guy friends. And everyone thought that these friends were actually either crushes or boyfriends, even though I hadn't had a real boyfriend until after graduating highschool.

Once a substitute teacher saw me and my friend talking and told the entire class that we were in love.

I cried.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#5: Mar 25th 2023 at 9:41:17 PM

Can't remember how old I was at the time, but I was wearing rather loose-fitting pants as I was jumping around in the hallway at school. I thought it'd be funny to jump until my pants fell down, so I did. There were other people to witness this. They laughed, and I got embarrassed. Thankfully, they forgot about it a few minutes later - the embarrassing part for me is more "Why would you even do that in the first place?"

I'd say most of my elementary and middle school memories are embarrassing, though.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#6: Apr 8th 2023 at 8:59:13 AM

Finally remembered an embarrassing but not cripplingly regretful moment from my childhood that doesn't involve Potty Failure.

It was at a classmate's birthday party themed around Hannah Montana. There was a karaoke spot with a mic and a projector screen.

I started singing "The Climb" but there was a technical error that caused the audio to stall. However, by the time it worked again, I was too embarrassed to continue and ran to hide behind a pillar. I was probably 6-8. On the plus side, I was given a pink Hannah Montana umbrella, which I kept for a long while, even though I've moved countries already. Haven't seen that umbrella in a while, but I just heard the song again and it both uplifts me yet also reminds me of that amusing childhood memory lol.


EDIT: Just remembered an old one that's only embarrassing in hindsight because I was Innocently Insensitive; I had the random idea of counting by lifting each finger one by one (instead of the conventional "one finger up, two fingers up, etc.") and the teacher scolded note  me for sticking out the middle finger. Poor lil me had no idea what Flipping the Bird was.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Apr 9th 2023 at 12:10:45 AM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#7: Apr 8th 2023 at 9:16:56 AM

[up]Oh yeah, I also remember the moment when I accidentally did the middle finger without knowing. Wanted to show my classmates an injury on my middle finger, but it was at the side so I had to put the others down for them to see. The teacher quickly made sure to correct it.

I also remember when I was accidentally racist. I thought Bengali (and Hindi for a tiny bit until I learnt it was a language) meant caveman in Arabic when I was really young. I only learned it meant people from Bengal when my uncle told me while I was insulting my cousin in mario kart.

Edited by CardboardBot on Apr 9th 2023 at 2:59:47 PM

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Wheatleyfangirl White Lily Dawnbreaker from Crispa Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: SEDUCE ME!
White Lily Dawnbreaker
#8: Apr 8th 2023 at 9:45:18 AM

Two weeks ago I made a laundry mistake.

I tried to wash one of my blankets I got for Christmas by one of my aunts along with other clothes. It ended up being overfilled and broke. The dryer was still functional in amidst the chaos.

So now I have to go do laundry on my Easter dinner.

Beast Yeast episode 12 was peak. Everyone in that episode was great. Especially White Lily.
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#9: Apr 8th 2023 at 9:55:07 AM

The accidental Flipping the Bird story reminds me of the time someone in one of my elementary school classes (it was sometime in kindergarten to second grade) got in trouble for also raising her middle finger without realizing what it meant.

The teacher had to go explain to the entire class why that was inappropriate. If I'm remembering correctly, the girl who got in trouble for that started crying. (I probably would've cried too if I was in that situation...)

My dad has a similar story; when he was younger, he got bored during a school assembly. He started playing this game where he would raise a finger, press it down, and then raise another random finger. All was well until some kid next to him was apparently monitoring him, well aware of how this game can go, and went and told the teacher "He just put his middle finger up!" - thankfully, the teacher told him to just mind his own business.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#10: Apr 8th 2023 at 11:29:58 AM

I got in trouble for saying "ass" in second grade because I didn't know it was a bad word. A friend whispered it at lunch, I thought it was funny, said it loudly, and a monitor told me off.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#11: Apr 8th 2023 at 3:08:27 PM

When I was five, I thought "coot" was slang for "bald man", so I called a guy that. I still don't know how I got that idea in my head.

For every low there is a high.
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#12: Apr 11th 2023 at 6:45:24 PM

Earlier today, one of my mom's friends was dropping me off at school. There's a sort of sidewalk that goes around my school, and is right by the edge of the parking lot. When he was dropping me off, there was a kid who was walking by the edge of the sidewalk, and then turned around and stopped (while still on the sidewalk) to use his phone. My mom's friend decided to comment "Get off your phone, dipshit!"

I don't think the kid heard, since the car's windows were up, but it was an embarrassing moment nonetheless.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
MisterToodleoo Since: Jul, 2018 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
#13: May 6th 2023 at 10:27:14 PM

There was a time that I think was in my late elementary school days, when my dad and I where biking in a valley. I somehow ticked him off, and he dropped his one F-bomb of the evening just as some people were passing by.

CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#14: May 7th 2023 at 5:01:10 AM

One time while I was playing football, one of the kids who wasn't playing decided it was a funny idea to say a certain word.

What resulted was all three defenders, including me, saying "huh?" simultaneously over suddenly hearing the n word in the distance.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#15: May 8th 2023 at 7:34:24 PM

I once pissed myself when I was in kindergarten because I wasn't allowed to use the bathroom (or at least I thought I wasn't allowed to, and was too afraid to ask).

It's one of those "Why, exactly, do I remember this?" stories about myself...

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#16: Jun 11th 2023 at 9:44:44 PM

[up]I think a similar thing happened to me in preschool, except I'm not sure if my mind exaggerated things, cuz I recall asking my parents once and I think they don't remember me peeing myself back then. Weird...

One time, likely in 2015-16, I was lining up for lunch and lightly sang the theme song for My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games to myself and got shut down by another student in line who was younger than me. Still hurts lol.

For a more recent instance, a couple of weeks ago I went to well out some tears from my eyes in the restroom, and only noticed that I entered the men's room by mistake when I left. Good thing no one else noticed, or that would've sucked.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Jun 12th 2023 at 1:59:54 AM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#17: Jun 12th 2023 at 12:56:48 AM

Singing in the bathroom while I had guests over. No music was playing, I just had a song stuck in my head.

ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Kersplat!
#18: Jun 17th 2023 at 3:41:50 PM

...posting about Pokémon Legends: Arceus thinking I was in the general thread for the series when I was very clearly in the one for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. How tf did I even...

FC: SW-1445-0294-1719/PSN: TekkenGirl4Lyfe/Currently playing: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos HD
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#19: Jun 17th 2023 at 11:42:10 PM

I'm honestly not sure whether I find this particular incident hilarious or humiliating - I think it's both.

In my last week of school (sometime in late May), I was going into the guidance office. There was a group of students staring at me for some reason, and so I went and gave a cartoonishly wide stare back.

On the plus side, they stopped staring at me after that...

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#20: Jun 18th 2023 at 1:21:07 AM

Tried getting s hidden nature Squawkabilly in Pokémon Home. Found someone who was looking for Houndour which I didn't have so I looked up Houndour. Traded my Articuno for it only to go back to the Squawkabilly trade and found out that they were looking for an Italian Houndour (which the one I traded Articuno for was not).

Why is this a thing? At least I have multiple Articuno and the one I traded was not my competitive ones or a gift.

Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#21: Jun 28th 2023 at 3:47:35 AM

One time when I was in middle school, someone kept breaking wind and people kept accusing me of it. Eventually, the teacher became tired of it and said that if anyone had to use the bathroom, they should just go. One guy got up and excused himself. He might've been the culprit all along!

Oh, I believe in yesterday
Segal991 A loyal animal lover from Somewhere Beyond the Sea Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Yes, we're lovers, and that is that
A loyal animal lover
#22: Jul 3rd 2023 at 10:11:40 PM

One time, an older friend of mine walked in on me changing, yet she didn't notice that I wasn't fully dressed at first, somehow.

Oh, I believe in yesterday
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#23: Aug 2nd 2023 at 11:56:06 AM

When I was pretty young, I said something rather inappropriate in front of my mom without actually having any idea what it really meant.note  She got upset and started asking me who taught me that... all without telling me why it was inappropriate.

It took me quite a while to realize what I had done wrong... Every now and then, I remember this, and I'm mortified.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#24: Aug 2nd 2023 at 12:01:07 PM

In my comic book class in college, I flipped the bird to my professor in front of the whole class for praising Frank Miller. Did I mention this was a college course?

BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#25: Aug 29th 2023 at 9:00:42 AM

The context for my reasoning in this one is that my rather particular mother occasionally inquired whether a(n orange) juice drink was "freshly squeezed" (from the actual fruit and not just a flavored thing).

One time, after being given my orange juice, I asked "Is this freshly squeezed?" like I recall my mom doing.

It was a plane ride.

Half of me was wondering why my parents were laughing at me and the other half was wondering if oranges could be squeezed on airplanes. My parents still poke a bit of fun at me about it to this day.


Also plane-related, I recall that I pressed the button that calls a steward(ess) because I wanted to say thanks to one of them (she did something nice for me but I forgot what). Naive young me had no idea if the stewardess I summoned was the same person.

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior

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