Milo? It’s Barb, isn’t it?
People really just steal stories and pass them off as their own.
You really think people would do that? Go on the internet and tell lies?
My toaster caught on fire yesterday and when I realized it there was a flame like two feet high almost touching my cabinets so I panicked and picked it up so it wouldn’t catch my cabinets on fire but then I was just standing in my kitchen holding a flaming toaster and my dad saw me and didn’t say anything and I didn’t know what to do so I ran outside with it and threw it at the ground but it was on fire so I picked it up and threw it again and again until it went out but then my grass was on fire so I beat it with a shovel until that went out too. Then I came back inside and my dad was just like
“Whatcha cookin baguettefish”
OMG you too?
I enjoyed this story.
Oh fuck really? You sure do get into some scrapes baguettefish
It’s called The Bible.
crazy that both barb and milo had this happen to them
It’s contagious. You see, the virus spreads with the ashes of burnt grass. These tiny particles are inhaled or ingested accidentally by another person, and after a few weeks, they burn their toast, and are compelled to take the burning toaster outside, burning more grass and restarting the cycle all over again.
Milo is the name of the animated character from the profile picture. They repurposed the story to be a meme about the show.
It’s not like it was a true story in the first place.
That seems to be the one advantage of ADD. Shit goes to hell, and everyone else literally just watches and panics, as I [do the thing] to fix it.
I do sometimes wonder about that and ADD. I feel like my brain handles those immediate couple moments with a lot of clarity on how to react. I once knocked a can of pop off the edge of my desk and right onto my computer (with a mesh top), and I was already standing up to unplug the computer and flip it upside down to prevent dripping inside before the can even hit, just like an immediate processing and understanding of what the next step needs to be. Feels like those are the moments I can lock in and actually get things done. Suppose that’s why I have to create a crisis to actually be productive, like leaving work till the last moment. Boy is it a rush the like 5% of the time it’s helpful!
Yeah people see that shit has gone to shit for me, but they just watch because they know I have more experience with everything going to shit than any of them do.
Literally just told a coworker today that the only reason I’m good at fixing things is because I’m even better at fucking things up in the first place
Holy shit wait is this a thing?
I have a phobia of dogs. I got attacked by two herding dogs yesterday and I held my ground in a way that I never knew I could do. I thought I’d piss my pants and faint if it ever happened
I realized a little later how close I came to being absolutely fucked
Did one of my illnesses cancel out the other or what? 😂
That might just be adrenaline tbh
Non standard actions in response to stressors is a known possibility with some neurodivergent diagnoses.
Calm responses to subjectively large issues or dangerous situations as well as subjectively oversized reactions to seemingly normal stimuli (sound being a common example).
Today on: Things that never happened
It is someone roleplaying as Milo Murphy from the animated series Milo Murphy’s Law. The joke is that Milo is a direct descendant of that Murphy and the Law describes his family.
I think Milo was a lizzard person that forgot humans aren’t very fire resistance.
I could never do that joke with a straight face.
I didn’t realize how institutionalized I was until I had a fire on my stove and I yelled out “Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire in the kitchen!”
I was alone in the house at the time.
Generally ovens, toaster ovens, and to a lesser extent top-loading toasters are pretty good at containing fires since holding in heat is their primary job. Your best bet is killing the source of the heat and letting the fire burn out.
Source: I have lit many things on fire in ovens.
Stove-top fires are another beast, but there too as long as you’re not throwing water onto flaming oil, you should be pretty safe killing the heat and trying to smother the fire with a lid.
I know this probably doesn’t help you now… But maybe the next person who reads this will be a little bit more prepared.
Milo is perpetually prepared for every disaster though, and basically never panics.
This is why you should play with fire as a kid (with proper supervision and environment of course)
It makes you less likely to panic or freeze up when you encounter a real fire.
