How about we play, "Never have I ever"?
How about we play, "Never have I ever"?
Here's the rules:
1: Post something you have never done that you think many people do. 2: Read the other posts, if you have done that thing, upvote it. If you have not done that thing, downvote it. 3: If you believe the person is lying, call them out on it in a reply. 4: If you are called out, give the full story. 4a: If you see a thread containing the full story, boost the person you think is right and truthful.
Person who has the most upvotes when the thread dies wins.
Never have I ever read a single book or watched a single movie of the Harry Potter series.
Reminds me of this exchange between Leslie and Ann from Parks and Rec.
I have never drank alcohol, despite persuasion from friends. I consider it unhealthy. Chemically, it's a poison, and a "hangover" is the process of removing the poison.
You are very right in every aspect of this. It's a poison, and it kills hundreds of thousands every year.
I definitely wouldn't suggest that people need to run out with friends and drink copious amounts of alcohol. A night at the bar can be fun, but keeping that as an activity that a friend group commits to repeatedly isn't a healthy setting (for instance alcoholism effects 10% of the population).
That being said, there are a lot of constructive uses with alcoholic beverages such as cooking and really unique flavor profiles. Some of the mixtures that are 90%+ non-alcoholic have interesting tastes that you just can't recreate without the alcohol changing subtle differences in what's present. Definitely respect your choice not to drink though, just throwing this out there as a healthier alternative than binge drinking for those who do want to try.
Hangover is mostly dehydration.
I've heard that hangover comes from the fact that most alcohols have two kinds of alcohol in them and your body processes one very quickly and one somewhat slower, so The hangover comes from the slower alcohol.
That being said, being well hydrated can help your body flush out the slower alcohol faster and prevent or reduce hangovers
It is unhealthy but it makes you relax and have fun if not drinking too much. Also it makes people horny which is a plus sometimes.
I also don't drink more than a few beers every few months, but if I lived in a warm country, I probably would. It's very tasty when it's hot.
Never have I ever attended a middle or high school
Story time? Seems so crazy
Homeschooled 1st-12th grade with the exception of 4 months of public school in first grade.
Same here, it would be impossible since middle schools don't exist where I'm from
Yeah I wasn’t sure how to word it because I know that different places have different naming mechanisms. But from 6-18 years old I was homeschooled. There was a co-op or two where I technically did classes with others, and I did a year of Cyber school before it was cool but most of my education came from me self-teaching from textbooks and “curriculum”.
I'll be flabbergasted if thats true. Need story plz
Homeschooled 1st-12th grade with the exception of 4 months of public school in first grade.
I was homeschooled from first grade with the exception of 4 months in public school for first grade
My brain always hurts when playing never have I ever, something about the wording just inherently confuses me every time. The upvote/downvote addition makes it worse hahaNever have I ever been to a wedding! Looks like my own one will be the first I attend :o
Never have I ever watched/read anything relating to Lord of the Rings.
Oh yeah well how did you spell it?
I was going to post this never have I ever. I plan on watching it eventually one day. It was one of those movies that got mega popular before I learned about it. I think seeing it everywhere and seeing all the memes makes me care less about seeing it. I
I just don't have any motivation to watch it now. There is so much streaming content to watch. I'll get to LotR when I get there.
I haven't yet, but planning to
Never have I ever drank coffee
I'm throwing the bullshit flag on this one. Never curious? Never saw a frappuccino and tried it? Never just experimentally had a sip out of curiosity? I'm not buying that.
Growing up I watched my mom drink cup after cup and then let her anxiety run rampant. Told myself I wasnt gonna touch it. I don't even find the smell appealing.
Maybe one day I will, but it hasn't happened yet
My greatest joy in life is learning new things. I have never, ever had coffee. I've never been interested. Just simply never cared for it.
Surprised by number of upvotes. Would've thought more people drink coffee than read Harry Potter
I've tried to drink coffee a couple times. I never was successful at it. My body just hates something in coffee and it just comes right back up before even hitting my stomach. So, I guess it's gone down my esophagus, but never further than that.
You aren't missing anything.
I have never ridden a horse.
Same, I want to though
Never have I ever seen The Lion King, The Incredibles, any Toy Story movie past 2, or WALL-E.
My friends hate me for this one
At least Wall-E ;-;
Have some dignity and go watch The Incredibles right now.
Never have i ever learned the alphabet(i am referring to the order, not the letters)
How did you manage this one?
In the first grades when teachers asked my class to order words based on the first letter, i either managed to figure out which letters came sooner in the order based on previous answers, guessed randomly or got lucky and didnt get chosen(its also been a while since then and i dont remember, i only remember that once that i was hoping i wouldnt be picked while looking at the previous exercises and planning out what random guesses i would say for the order i wasnt sure about)
After that, the only other time i needed to know the order of the alphabet was for an IQ test which was required to be diagnosed with Aspenger Syndrome, where i just randomly guessed
I also managed to not learn left/right for years, which caused more problems, but i managed to learn it thanks to the english political compass(every time i need to know which direction is left/right, i have to think of an image of the political compass to figure out which direction is right, translate that in my native language, check if the direction i needed was right and if not, i know its the opposite direction. I also dont know how to directly translate between left in both languages, but knowing that its the opposite right. I know right because of its second meaning that is present in both languages
Never have I attended a high school prom, dance, or graduation
Dang it. I had it to the very end.
No prom no dances but I did graduate and attend my graduation.
I was the only one that graduated that year because I went to a small school and I worked ahead and so technically I was valedictorian and also technically every party I go to is a reunion party for my graduating class.
Are these a normal things in the US or just a movie thing? Because we didn't have that
What country did you go to school in?
I'm sure these are just things from the US. The only reason I know what a prom is is because of TV. Before that I only ever heard 'prom' as an abbreviation for promenade
Prom: no. Graduation: no (graduated early, didn’t walk in the summer even tho I could)…but lotsa regular dances.
I'll start:
I have never been inside of a treehouse
Sad but not unlikely. Lots of people never lived near nature or had a garden. Let alone a large tree.
Being in a treehouse is common?
Looks like 101 people have been in one so far.
I have been inside lots of trees, but I can't think of anyone I know who has actually bothered to build or buy a treehouse
Inside??
Never have I ever eaten a hamburger/cheeseburger/steak
I purposely don't because it's an interesting talking point for breaking ice.
what matters is you know what potatoes are
I have never dated a woman.
Only interesting if you're romantically attracted to women, though.
*Never have I ever dated another person of my preferred biological sex or orientation
Same 😞🚬
I was looking for this comment. Lol. :)
I have never had a serious injury requiring medical help (broken bones, concusssion, anything that should have you going to the ER, regardless of whether or not you actually did)
Weirdly same though I've been through stuff that definitely should have broken some bones
I had a slight fracture on my pinkie toe that probably would've healed on its own, does that count?
I just broke my first bone! The x-rays were exciting, and the tech emailed me the pictures!
I end up going to the ER way more than I want to. It's really annoying; if you walk into an urgent care or a regular doctor's office (besides my regular care providers, they're used to me now) and say you think you have a kidney infection or other kidney problems and you just need antibiotics, they just go "NOPE" and yeet you out the door to go to the ER. So far, I have been successful in preventing them from calling an ambulance for me.
Alternatively, I have had several injuries that should have gotten stitches, but have never been in the ER. Growing up poor in the US means you end up rawdogging your injuries.
You jinxed it
Never done any recreational drugs.
Calling bullshit
Never been so blasé about your life that you opened your friend's parent's medicine cabinet and recklessly took whatever prescriptions you found in there in a desperate attempt to get high and escape reality?
Good for you!
Is it OK to feel sorry for you? The thought of doing this has never even crossed my mind. People would describe me as a very optimistic and happy person though. I guess I just don't need any drugs for escape, although I do enjoy jumping into a video game and beating up some bad guys. Dynasty Warriors is great therapy.
Caffeine?
Never have I ever seen Titanic.
My job during the release of that movie was to hold the box of tissues in between my girlfriend and her mother.Well, that and not crack jokes or point out plot holes. I was successful but really it didn't like the movie and still don't
Mission failed right here:
I have seen it in a sneak preview, I think I wouldn't have watched it otherwise.
The only time I've tried I had some edibles and feverishly slept through most of it.
Never have I ever been to a modern sporting event. Football, soccer (or other football to some of you folks), hockey, baseball, whatever.
I've been to things which some would argue are sports like jousting, but never a basic sport event.
Does this include amateur sports events. Like college football or soccer
Yep, never been to one of those either
As someone that doesn't care for sports. I've been to a few. High school level to AA to professional sports people. Hockey, baseball, football, and even NASCAR. I would say, I enjoyed it live more than on the TV, but that's because of the people watching. I don't watch sport on TV, but I did when I was younger and trying to get into them. My family likes sports.
I happen to get into these events for free/work, so that's why I went. I wouldn't pay for a ticket for them, but as a way to kill some time and people watch, it was fun.
I've never had a close family member or friend die. I have siblings, they have families. Both my grandparents on one side are alive, the other two died when I was an infant. I have dozens of cousins that are all in good health. Closest thing was my spouse's grandpa. I've been phenominally lucky.
Lucky you. My dad died from cancer when I was 14. That was rough.
Recently my mom died at 70 years old. The last time I saw my mom alive was at her sister funeral a month before. Three months later, her last remaining sister died. Same year my brother in law also died. 2022 was so far the worst year of my life. Covid was not the reason for any of the deaths.
But hey, no matter how bad things might be, they can always get worse.
That's awful :( I genuinely can't imagine how painful that is.
I'm very aware of how lucky I've been, and that it's only a matter of time before that changes. My grandpa is losing his memory, and I'm going out to visit soon. I tell myself "Someday in the near future, I'll wish I could come back to today."
Never have I ever eaten shrimp
Me neither. I just can't get over it being a giant bug.
I haven't eaten it just because I haven't gotten around to it, kinda like how I haven't gotten around to eating McDonald's until a month ago (im 18)
Never have I ever heard "I'm proud of you" from my Dad :'(
I'm not your dad, but I'm proud of you. The absolute least I know about you is you don't mind admitting pain, so I'm proud of you. 🫂
Mine died when I was 12 so I'm not sure if he never said it, or I just don't rmemeber. I'm over 40 now.
Same, I was 13
He's proud of you. It's a dad thing, trust me.
Is that a thing dads say sometimes? Weird.
Never have I ever played "Never have I ever".
Wait.....
Never have I ever drank alcohol illegally or underage.
Same. I was just kind of a boring kid. Went to parties, but was just never interested in getting wasted. Saw all of my friends getting blackout and puking their guts out 15 minutes later, and wanted no part of it. My first drink was actually on my 21st. And it was just enough to get buzzed, not even wasted. It turns out “just say no” is really fucking easy when you’re autistic; Peer pressure just doesn’t work on you.
Once I started drinking, I quickly realized how many young people have binge drinking tendencies as a result of their younger drinking habits. Kids drink to get wasted before they get busted. There’s a time limit on how long they can drink, so they binge to get drunk as quickly as possible when it’s available.
Ironically, now I homebrew mead and apfelwein.
I've just always been some variant of the "mom friend" and after I turned 21, I was still the DD most of the time.
Quick note, saying that "because you're autistic peer pressure doesn't work on you" is largely true, but there is a flip side to that, in that once an autistic person give in to something they can become monomaniacal about the thing they got into.
Most of the time, this just means that they develop a very deep understanding and fondness for things like vacuum cleaners or B grade horror movies or whatever happens to be the thing that latches on for them. But on the other hand if the thing they pick is unhealthy, this monomania is a recipe for going off the deep end.
I have a couple friends who are on the spectrum and one of them went really off the deep end with drugs and ended up getting into heroin.
We all tried to put a stop to it but they would not listen to our "healthy" peer pressure. It took another one of our friends who had also gotten into heroin ODing and dying in his bathtub to snap him out of it.
I said all of that to say that if your friends begin to caution you that they think a behavior of yours is unhealthy, step back and give them the benefit of the doubt and really evaluate what you're doing and what they're saying.
It could save your life or prevent it from becoming dramatically worse in some way.
Does a sip count? My dad gave me a little for toothache or something
Not even a sip for me. I was offered small amounts of champagne or wine at special occasions, but I never drank any because I could smell the alcohol on it and didn't want to.
Unless you're a Mormon, then this is lies
Or an older European. When I was young, the drinking age was lower here in the Netherlands and some countries had them absurdly low or non-existent. It’s only fairly recently that most countries adopted either 16 or 18 as drinking age.
Some countries had an interesting drinking culture for sure. Back in the 1950’s, French schoolkids under 14 could drink wine with their school meals. Half a bottle! It wasn’t until the 1980’s that they completely banned alcohol in schools. This was a viral fact on Facebook, but it’s also actually true:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/french-children-wine-at-school/
This was also the era when people still smoked, and French teens in particular. So if you’re talking to an older Frenchman, there’s a good chance he was smoking and drinking his way through school. Can’t really call it ‘underage drinking’ if they basically handed kids a sippy cup with wine.
And I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s still plenty of French parents who let their early teen enjoy wine.
Never have I ever gone to school in grades K-12.
What is K-12? I'm assuming Kindergarten to 12 as in grade 12? That's the US system right? You say you've never been to school in these grades. Are you saying that you didn't do them because your country doesn't use this system or have you just not done the equivalent of those grades at all?
Yeah, the US grade system up to highschool. I haven't done those grades at all.
How is this possible?
Your schooling system doesn't use K-12?
I was home schooled from childhood through highschool. I got a GED before I joined the military, then used the GI bill to go to university and took placement tests for everything, which put me at the same level as everyone else except for trigonometry, which I had to take a remedial class in.
I have never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
The jelly isn't gelatin. It's like jam I guess, I don't know what they call it in other countries. I feel like some folks think we eat peanut butter and gelatin, which is wrong.
Same, jam/jelly & peanut butter have two wildly different tastes & textures. I have no idea what lunatic decided to put the two spreads together but PB&J sandwhiches sound about as appetising as cranberry haddock
Never have I ever as much as tried anything you can smoke (cigarettes, joints, shisha...).
I honestly don't understand why people smoke this stuff. cigarretes & vapes smell horrible, there's not even that many things to compare it to but its like car exhaust but worse. & I just can't get why people smoke things like marijuana. Exactly what's the point? Doesn't it basically turn you into a zombie temprorarily or something like that?
Doesn't it basically turn you into a zombie temprorarily or something like that?
No
Tbh I think I can understand why people do it. For some using various substances are a quick and simple way to relax/numb unwanted emotions/etc.. Some start because of peer pressure. For others it's just learned behaviour (you're more likely to become a smoker if your parents are).
Personally, I've never as much as tried cigarettes because it just never appealed to me and I had mostly non-smoking friends and family. But I definitely have other bad habits I shouldn't have gotten into and have trouble getting rid of, so I get the feeling.
They mess with your feelings and/or perceptions, to pretty much cover all the bases. Generally, people try them because of peer pressure or curiosity about a potentially interesting experience, and keep using them because they enjoy the experience. Or because of more peer pressure and addiction, in some cases.
does a single edible count?
I hope you're not smoking your edibles. They are intended for a different manner of consumption.
I’d like to tell a story about “never have I ever,” because my house used to be a popular spot for college parties, and was known for its extensive bar and fun times, so often that game was played. And when some drunk fellow-student would suggest we play “never have I ever,” I would say, fine, we can play, but please don’t use this as an excuse to say something you are extremely embarrassed about, and quickly drink. I would then tell a story I had heard about a guy who said “never have I ever killed a deer and then fucked it,” and not only quickly drank, excitedly called out all the other guys from the hunting trip that they all should drink too. I hoped this was a very clear example of what not to do.
Nope. “Never have I ever” was always an exercise in more and more embarrassing admissions until someone lost their mind and the admittee slinked away in shame.
People admitted giving blowjobs in fast food parking lots. Sex with people at the party. Sex with a dog.
Yes, reread that last one. You would think the deer example would rule that one out, but no, some people will do anything to drink something they were free to drink anyway.
Jesus fucking christ the people you met in college were animals.
Hopefully at least one was a dog.
what the fuck
never have i ever broken a bone
I mean I didn't break it.
Never have I ever understood why people care so much about sports or teams or whatever.
Okay, but "never have I ever understood why X" is just turning "never have I ever" into a platform for random opinions like what happened to the Kermit sipping tea meme.
Maybe. I struggled a lot with how to word this, because I honestly feel very much like an outsider about this. Never have I ever felt like shouting after a sports play? Never have I ever felt like one team was more "mine" or whatever? I really do feel like there's a near-universal experience here that I'm not part of.
Sports are just soap operas for men. What will happen next? Who will get traded? Who will be benched vs played? Who will get injured? Which team will throw a game at a critical time? Find out next week!
Never have I ever gotten drunk (or even tipsy).
I’m so sorry
I’ve never really been interested in alcohol. Never had an actual beer for example, never felt the urge to try it. I might’ve drank… three glasses of champagne over my entire life, but only because someone just handed me one and it felt impolite to not try it because ‘fancy and expensive’. Not really my thing; it’s wasted on me.
I do enjoy cherry liqueur chocolate once per decade or so, but those hardly contain any actual alcohol.
I also absolutely cannot stand to be near people who are drunk. I find them very annoying, so I avoid situations where I could be subjected to them.
Damn, I scrolled through comments upvoting interesting comments and only after that did I find out that I was supposed to use downvotes as a part of the game. And there I was confused why there's ao much downvotes. Lol
Never have I ever read the rules of this game.
Lies! You read the rules, just not as soon as you should have.
Never have I ever failed an exam.
Does a quiz count as an exam?
Never have I ever been stung by a bee, wasp or hornet. I'm not scared of bees either, ill walk right up to them and check em out. I've grabbed bees and pulled them out of water, I've let them trot all over me and I don't mind, neither do they.
Never have I had more than one sex partner.
At a time or total?
That's a valid question
Important question
Guessing both.
Never have i ever been between jobs since starting work after leaving school
Hah! This chump left school.
Yeah haha, and have been back since to get a degree and hated it just as much. Really affirmed the choices i made as a young man.
meta: I think you should invert the rules, so that if you have done it, you downvote. The winner with the most votes is then the rarest of them all
If you have done it you upvote. If you have not done it you downvote.
The point is to be the person with the most upvotes because you've not done a thing that most people have done.
That's what OP is saying. The wording could be clearer.
Essentially, if you can relate to what the comment says, then downvote.
I think you and I share the same mind, but different eyes.
If someone says "I never shot a hippo", then right now I will down vote (because I haven't shot a hippo), so then if it gets upvoted.....
OHhhhhh. It just clicked for me. Yep, you're right. It makes sense
Never have I ever eaten lobster
Never have I ever broken a bone.
Me neither. Not for lack of trying, just luck.
Matter of definition for me. Had some sort of fracture in my jaw but it wasn't broken through. Also "fun" anecdote, they told me it wasn't cracked at the hospital and a week later my dad (who i hadn't put down as a contact, they just used an old address instead of the one i provided) tells me i got a letter from the hospital.
Turns out i shouldn't have eaten solid food and gone to a surgeon ASAP. Now my jaw is permanently slightly uncomfortable and pops sometimes.
Never have I ever bought a new smartphone, PC, or laptop.
Never have I ever seen Rocky Horror Picture Show, and multiple people have told me that I should in the past few weeks.
Never have I ever been apart of a high school scandal.
Never have I ever had Chick-fil-A
Never have I ever done none of the things posted so far.
Edit; ok maybe not the animal sex ones. Who shoots a deer then fucks it?
Excellent summary of the comments section. That was also my take away.
Never have I ever lived alone. Only with my family, then on the street (less alone than you might imagine) then with friends, then with lots of friends, then a few friends, and then my own family.
Never have I ever been as boring as y'all
I'm upvoting because I have in fact acted boring in an attempt to get someone to leave my house. Actually I've done that several times.
Never have I ever stroked a shark
Does it have to be alive? We dissected dogfish in college.
Nope, you got hands on the beast, so it counts to me!
Never have I had sex with more than one person, simultaneously.
Never have I ever gotten a tattoo
Out of curiosity is it May be later if I meet a nice artist but bla blabla or it's gross and disgusting?
Fellow tattooless here. Uh, neither?
I simply don't see the appeal of putting on something I can't easily take off if I wanted to, for its own sake. Yeah, tattoos aren't permanent, a removal process exists. But they cost money and require an appointment to be rid of, on top of the investment of time, money, and pain to buy in. The barrier to entry and the barrier to exit are both too high for my liking.
Ideally you get a tattoo and enjoy it for life. I can't commit to that kind of decision. Not for a funny body picture. If I need a memento to cherish memory of a thing or event I'll get a tchotchke or something.
I have no complaints about others' tattoos. They're more often than not incredible works of art.
I do want one. I've even designed it. I can't decide where to put it that aesthectically pleases me.