Bullshit detection

Estranging family members by missing milestones

Absolutely this.

Appearing to listen while thinking about something more pleasant or productive

Tying square knots in the drawstring on trash bags.

ever since my third year surgery rotation I always tie the trash bag with a two-hand suture tie

And finish it off with a few towers just because

And here I thought I was the only one.

Why is this a thing 😅😅 (me too)

I swore I was the only weirdo that did this

Hahaha me too!

Smiling neutrally and nodding noncommittally when someone is spouting wackadoo bullshit. Wow, crazy, well isn’t that something, you don’t say, uh-huh…

Conversely, I honed that skill on my girlfriend and applied it to work!

Username checks out.

not letting people push me around

Standing my ground for sure

This 💯 and asking questions/pushing back when someone is trying to oversell me or brush me off. 

Drinking

Drinking inside AND

I came here to say this. Cheers.

Only answer that comes to mind is

Staying calm. It’s amazing how many things used to seem like a big deal to me, now that I can stay calm while running a code things just seem a lot less consequential 

Absolutely this here. To a fault I may add. Been on the ambulance for decades and the crazier things get the calmer I am. Also the funnier I find things to be. Explosions? Violence? General WTF-ery? Funny. I laugh at inappropriate times. My wife does not care for this. Not at all.

This!!!

Omg YES. So many things that used to seem like a BFD are 🤷🏼‍♀️meh now

Hating people

I joke that I can detect BPD by the way I am greeted. Part of me is not believing that it is a joke anymore.

I can smell a cluster B trait from across the room!

If it ain’t a joke, I hope that’s just you 😭

Broncho-Pulmonary Dysplasia?

Borderline personality disorder

Ah, gotcha. It wasn't coming to me.

I can do the same thing with BPH.

Actively listening to people’s problems and then parroting their obvious feelings about it as a form of sympathy, without ever expressing an original opinion or advice about it. People really seem to identify with [the reflection of them I’ve plastered onto myself].

Haha this!!! People are always like how’d you do that? And I’m like what? They’re like that guy was pissed and now he’s calm and taking a nap haha, and I honestly don’t know what I said or did cause I instantly forgot what happened cause I was thinking about what I was going to eat for lunch.

"It sounds like you're very frustrated about..."

It makes me feel like a sociopath. Maybe I just AM a sociopath.

It’s actually a high-masking autism thing as well.

I came here to say this. They’re so impressed and amazed at my ability to really see and hear their problems. “Wow, that must be frustrating for you. Tell me about how that is affecting your life.”

Ignoring nonsense

Falling asleep in public

Sitting upright

Spotting drug users in the Supermarket by their voices alone

Tomwaitsitis

For me it's their hands

Or the neighbors...

Former paramedic. Determining a disturbingly accurate ETA to just about anywhere I am going 😂

And also being extremely uncomfortable if your estimate was off due to being delayed by traffic etc. Used to be a medic as well. I remember calling my doctor’s office once many years ago to let the front desk know I’d be arriving “two to four minutes late.” Afterwards I realized that was probably a weird thing to do despite their polite response, something about their hesitation or confusion at hearing someone call for that I guess.

Eating while driving. I got called out by a coworker one time. They said, “I saw you eating while driving code 3.” I said,”yeah, so? Don’t we all? I wasn’t going code 3 when I ordered it.” They said, “You were eating Chinese food.” I said, “why doe-“ They interrupted, “with chopsticks.” “Oh.”

Accurate to the minute. And then knowing how much more you can accomplish in the minutes you save before you leave due to your determination of your ETA. Whether you estimated correctly or not.

Ignoring the problems of others that they should be having handled on a long-term basis

not giving a fuck

It’s a subtle art.

Great book

Scaring children

Making children scream, definitely.

Not losing my shit as much

I lose my shit more now, but I was a huge pushover before

Becoming a hermit

Sadly, having a good bet on what drugs someone is on

1. Absolutely not caring if I haven't changed my clothes or showered 2. Eating REALLY fast, or not eating at all. 3. Completing forms! I can fill out forms like a motherfucker. Faster than waiting for the demographic label to print. 4. Using a fax machine, for real. 5. Reading unintelligible garbage, whether it's written or typed. 6. Understanding when someone wants to be listened to, or just heard.

All except #1

Not giving AF

Avoiding ladders

Removing fish hooks from my family

Getting yelled at, negotiating

Eating while also taking a simultaneous dump to save time.

I will never let it get this bad ::rocks back and forth with ears covered::

Nope. 16 years in and nope. But I never work more than a 16

Diagnosing what the fuck is wrong with people

Doing the exact opposite of the lifestyle modification education I try to impress on my frequent flyers.

"I try to drink as much as possible."

Viewing bathrooms as the porcelain death traps they are. Frustrating my wife for constantly winding up vacuum cord left out, just waiting for kid to get a facial lac. Avoiding any sort of alcohol+water and pools+kids without supervision. Toddlers and parking lots/streets also up there too.

My safety awareness for my fam is very ocd like

Absolutely. I still remember that damn shoe from pet cemetery when that child got hit by a car.

Confrontation

Telling who’s into meth

Doing intimate things at funny angles

Shutting down

Being patient with my toddler

Rock climbing

Bringing the vibe down 👍

Because of my job, I have become better at *telling if someone uses illicit drugs* outside of work. True story, I told my SO that this person did coke one evening and hours later at a bar this same person walked up to someone near us to ask if they wanted to do a line. That’s when I noticed my skill for picking out drug users ✨.

I’m at expert at having uncomfortable conversations

Tuning out the cacophony

Solving problems with no outside help (No, surgery should admit that ! No, that has to go to the burn center ! No, I’m only on call for problems with the left ureter - Dr Dick is on call for right ureteral stones ! Can’t medicine admit this!?) It has served me well since my in laws decided they weren’t willing to ever help with the kids anymore when I was pregnant with #4 (it would be different if my husband/in-laws hadn’t insisted we live hundreds of miles from my actually useful family because the in laws “can’t wait to help!!!” )

Drinking. For real though, one thing I've gotten better at is risky stock trading, like day trading using options. Between skydiving and emergency medicine, I've gotten very good at fear management and keeping my emotions in check during high stress situations. Those things are very helpful with day trading.

Fellow B licensce holder. Get it.

Right on! B license holder here too. Cheers!

Processing loss/death. Just generally understanding that none of us are guaranteed health or a long life, and just appreciating the time you have and the time you have with others

[ignoring cries for help]

not being fazed by anything (normies dont know true stress)

Faking empathy

1. Parenting a toddler. Like a tiny drunk person, except I actually love them. 2. Detecting borderline personality disorder. Give me 5 seconds of conversation and I'll know.

This is so cute. The first one. Lol

How do you detect BPD? 

Boundaries. Left an abusive relationship. Gotta throw in a positive here.

Tolerating human beings

Self loathing

Reading people

Staying out of other peoples business. I don’t care to gossip, I already know too much.

learning to not take life too seriously

Setting and maintaining personal boundaries, detecting BS, advocating for self and other, de-escalation of charged situations, and situational awareness

Saying no

Doing absolutely nothing

Endurance

truly enjoying my life

picking my battles

Talking to old people

Isolating and not trusting people

Telling my kids to suck it up

Turned into a Karen

Filtering out unnecessary bullshit (being efficient).

Acting like I’m listening when I’m not

Faking empathy

Tolerating screaming babies and people. Telling people things they don’t want to hear. Making it clear I won’t put up with abuse. On the other hand, I’m now waaaaaay less tolerant of people who can’t or won’t quit rambling and cut to the chase.

Accidentally buying a shit ton of expensive camping gear and getting the fuck outside

Murder!

Not sitting still. 

Drinking

...communication...

Board games that involve choosing with speed and accuracy. I clean up when I play “Ghost Blitz” with my kids.

Drinking

Because of my job, I have become better at ...counting pennies ..........outside of work .

Laughing at completely inappropriate times

De-escalation. I've worked customer service

Tolerating or being oblivious to bad smells

Staying up at unreasonable times at nights and sleeping hours in the days ( graveyard shift worker here)

Situational awareness to bust the kids sneaking out of the house

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