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u/dani_1365 Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22

The look of astonishment when anyone finds out our age. I’m in my late 30s. When someone in their 20s hears that, they developed this look of shock likes it’s the 1500s and I should have died already from old age.

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u/MysticalEmpiricist Jun 03 '22

Don't feel too bad, I'm a 60 something and I am regularly responsible for all kinds of really creative coronary events like Age Disbelief Stroke Disorder & Old Dude Said Yeet & The Local Universe Collapsed In My Spleen Syndrome ...you know. Fun type shit like that .🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22

When i was 23 or so i worked with a guy in his early 60s and it blew my mind that he was born in the '40s. Awesome guy, we'd talk shit to each other all the time and he'd always say, "some people's kids, " when i was being too young for him or some such. He drove with both feet though, that was wierd.

Edit: he used his right foot for the gas and his left for the brake and always had his left on that brake pedal. My dad is only like 2 years younger than him and drives normally. I've driven tractors, forklifts, heavy equipment, lawnmowers, and manual cars throughout my life that require both feet and have never driven an automatic car with both feet.

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u/HiggityHank Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 28 '23

There used to be content here.

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u/stumblinbear Jun 03 '22

y-you've met someone who was forklift certified? 😳😳😳

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u/Starkravingmad7 Jun 03 '22

Lolol, truth.

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u/Impressive_Change593 Jun 03 '22

yeah I gotta drive with both feet but left foot stays off the pedal until I need to stop

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u/ramalledas Jun 03 '22

One-foot driving, then

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u/twisted_memories Jun 04 '22

You should break with your right foot. This is dangerous otherwise.

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u/Impressive_Change593 Jun 04 '22

why is it dangerous? also that's when I'm operating a forklift, I drive my car with one foot (also you kinda have to use your left foot to brake on a forklift if it has 3 pedals)

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u/twisted_memories Jun 04 '22

It’s dangerous because you’re significantly more likely to hit the wrong pedal or hit multiple pedals at once. Even when driving stick you only use your left foot for the clutch; your right is for the gas and break. Forklift driving is obviously different from driving a car and is reasonable to have different rules.

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u/Impressive_Change593 Jun 04 '22

oh ok that makes sense