What was the embarassing moment of your life that turned out positive? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It's friday, so lets try to end the week in a positive note with a laugh.

My own: got the first compliment of my life after a locker room raid.

I was told I was pretty easy on the eye with no top on, with a smile and a wink to boot, after a few minutes of playing the toss the bundle around game.

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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 54 points 10 months ago

I was laid off from my welding job. My boss liked me, so he helped me get a job at another shop. But I was in a really bad head-space in that time of my life in general, so that combined with a few other things, and I quit that new job within about 2 days after starting.

I was totally unable to find a welding job after that. There was a reason the first so laid me off after all - oil markets had crashed, and I lived in a very oil-dependant city. So I ended up working temp jobs to get by, but for a solid 2 years I did nothing but kick myself for being so stupid. To this day, I think quitting that job was one of the stupidest things I've ever done.

Anyway, after 2 years of that, I finally decided to change gears entirely. I went to school, got a CS degree, and now I have a cushy, well paying programming job.

I still think it was stupid to quit that job back then, but if I hadn't, I wouldn't be where I am now. I often think about how I can apply that way of thinking to other areas of my life.

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I find devs that have a blue collar (or whatever) background are the best. You know what actual work is separate from the programming aspect.

I got into dev later in life and the real world experience contributed to my ability to focus, complete work, get along with others, and appreciate the value of a well paying job where I wasn't physically at risk.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago

what

[-] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 30 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I have no idea what a "locker room raid" is either.

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 28 points 10 months ago

Sounds like something that was "funny" in the 90s but is considered a crime now.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Hey, the least I can say was that both locker rooms got mutually raided, so it was an equal opportunity exercise.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

What does toss the "bundle around game" mean?

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Bundle of clothing.

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

No wonder depression and suicide rates are increasing.

[-] athos77@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

"Embarrassing moment" + "no top on": OP is very likely a woman because men aren't likely to be embarrassed by being topless. I'd guess a bunch of other people* ran into the girls locker room while she was changing and either had just a bra on up top, or nothing on up top; and they grabbed her clothes and played keep away for a few minutes. But afterward, they told her she was pretty and mildly flirted with her.

* 'other people' could be boys; but it feels like OP is from the Commonwealth, meaning it could also be a boarding school and thus a locker room raid by another house.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Uh... Not at all. Not on the Commonwealth and not a woman.

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I have only been comfortable being seen with my shirt off as a man for about 10% of my life and it was a window from 18 - 23 or something. Even then, only with a tan.

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

I can definitely relate with that.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Do they speak English in What?

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

You must be hot.

I shall abstain from this prompt since none of my embarrassing moments resulted in a net positive for me

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not. At least I don't consider myself as such.

[-] residentmarchant@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm sure other people do!

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Well, I was able to successfully reproduce, so you might have a point there.

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