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[–] Fugit@piefed.blahaj.zone 74 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Back when I was 17, I had a neighbor pull a gun right to my forehead. I shoved him away and said, in essence, "yeah, fuck you with your BB gun, I have some shopping to do". He shot another neighbor in the gut not long after. I avoided death by dumbfounding him in a way that sound like it comes right out a daydreaming teenage fantasy.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Glad you're OK. But also wtf is wrong with this neighbor and I hope they're doing time?

[–] Fugit@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

He had been arrested by the time I came back with my grocery bags. He was the "get out of my lawn" kind of guy, who could pick a fight for the most benign reason. Last I heard of him was when his nephew emptied his house some years later. He'd been placed in a psychiatric ward.

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[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 91 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Was driving down the road with my wife and came to a stop light. We both witnessed a lone potato rolling down the street through the intersection at a pretty good clip. We both looked at each other, making sure we were seeing what we were seeing and busted out laughing.

I have absolutely no clue where it came from, and to this day remains one of the most random things I've seen and NOONE ever believes me when I mention it.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Why are there no ghost stories in this thread... Im disappointed.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Because ghosts don’t exist.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Best I can do is when I got off the train at 8:30 to arrive at work the 9:00. The walk from the train station to the office was 15 minutes, I arrived at 10:15. How the hell did that happen?

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

DST or you fell asleep and went a whole extra lap

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

daylight savings?

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[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 2 days ago

Was buying Pokemon cards 14 or so years ago. Was trying to buy a specific booster pack, but for some resaon I felt "dissociated" while my hand grabbed a totally different pack. I was so confused as to why I didn't pick the booster I initially wanted... When I opened the pack outside the shop, I was surprised to see there was actually a super rare Lvl X holo card inside...

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I woke up one morning and found a skinned moose in my yard.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Much better than waking up naked next to it. Not that I'd know what that's like. Nope.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

And thus the cycle has been completed

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[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I almost shot myself in the knee with an arrow. I was at an archery taster session and the arrow bounced off a wooden block on the edge of the target. Arrow came flying back at me and cut a few threads on the knee pad of my trousers as it brushed my leg.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Were you almost an adventurer too?

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

This never gets old.

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 87 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I was riding my moose one day, when we almost got ran over by some dude in a ship

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[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I got a moose one hunting season and decided to butcher it myself. Finished skinning the thing (took hours) and it just disappeared, no clue where it ended up.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 62 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I once waited in line at a costume shop while two guys argued about whether getting hit by a ship voided the "no fault" deposit warranty on a moose costume.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I almost ran over a moose with a ship

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[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

When I was a senior in high school, we were having a “fun” senior assembly where we were watching people play a family feud style of game. The category was popular dog names or something, and my friend next to me and someone else in the row before us both yell out “onomatopoeia!” at the exact same time.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 33 points 3 days ago (30 children)

I got harassed by men by the gay bar outside my apartment multiple times in my early twenties, back when I was a guy. They were all pretty minor overall, but it definitely freaked me out at the time. I lived in an apartment complex above a gay bar in downtown. It was a shitty, cheap place where there was no washer or dryer in unit and no fan in the bathroom. Mold was a constant problem.

One time, I was informed I "swish so hard I bring three people with me", a quote that's stuck with me forever, and then a dude stood close by while another guy stroked my face. I had my dog with me so I didn't know what else to do and basically just ran.

Another time I was leaving the pizza shop also in this building complex, and a couple drunk guys out there struck up a conversation that quickly became my chest and crotch getting groped. Honestly less creepy than the face stroking, ngl.

I uh, transitioned since all of that happened though. And some random chick like me saying some drunk guys at the gay bar really wanted to grope me doesn't really carry much weight at this point.

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[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I was the victim of a drive-by ketchupping.

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